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Independent Trails: Fact File SDW5

South Downs Way

Total Distance: 100 miles (160 km)
Duration: 11 nights, 10 walking days
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 5 miles (8 km)/12 miles (19 km)
Waymarking: The South Downs Way is clearly waymarked and is very easy to followSeason: All year
Starting point of holiday: Winchester
End of holiday: Eastbourne
Tour code: SDW5

Day 1: Travel to Winchester

Day 2: Winchester to Exton                    12 miles (19 Km)

Day 3: Exton to East Meon                    5 miles (8 Km)

Day 4: East Meon to Buriton                   8 miles (13 Km)

Day 5: Buriton to Cocking                       11 miles (17.5 km)

Day 6: Cocking to Amberley                   11 ½ miles (18.5 km)

Day 7: Amberley to Steyning                  10 miles (16 Km)

Day 8: Steyning to Pyecombe                9 ½ miles (15 Km)

Day 9: Pyecombe to Kingston                10 miles (16 Km)

Day 10: Kingston to Alfriston                  12 miles (19 Km)

Day 11: Alfriston to Eastbourne               11 miles (17.5 Km)

Day 12: Depart from Eastbourne

• 11 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
• Traditional cooked breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer.
• Maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

Travel information

Most convenient railway station (start of trail): Winchester 

Most convenient railway station (end of trail): Eastbourne

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