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Piltdown Pond – Slugwash Lane loop from Haywards Heath

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Piltdown Pond – Slugwash Lane loop from Haywards Heath

Moderate

5.0

(4)

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Piltdown Pond – Slugwash Lane loop from Haywards Heath

02:59

49.0km

440m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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High Weald National Landscape

South Downs National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.39 km

Town Pond

Lake

3.96 km

East Mascalls Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Picturesque quiet road great for cycling

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8.50 km

King's Wood

Forest

13.0 km

Splaynes Green Village Green

Highlight • Viewpoint

Or a great deal going on here but it’s a lovely village green with duck pond, postbox, red telephone box and a bench, which might be the best but.

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13.8 km

The Griffin Inn Garden View of Sheffield Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views from the garden, overlooking Sheffield Park, also known as the Sussex Savannah. The BBQ in the summer is particularly good.

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13.9 km

Bay and Bellflower Café

Highlight • Cafe

... and cafe to meet all your coffee and cake needs.

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13.9 km

Fletching Village and St. Andrew & St. Mary the Virgin Church

Highlight • Historical Site

Fletching is a really pleasant old Sussex village with many historical buildings, a couple of good pubs, village stores and a church. If you know where to look from, the …

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16.0 km

Piltdown Pond

Highlight • Lake

Always really pretty - and you can expect to see plenty of ducks.

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27.7 km

Greenwich Meridian at Hamsey Lane

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This sign marks the point at which the world's prime meridian, the Greenwich Meridian, crosses Hamsey Lane. The globally important Greenwich Meridian separates east and west, in a similar way …

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29.7 km

The Alders

Forest

42.9 km

Slugwash Lane

Highlight • Cycleway

One of my favourite roads - for all the reasons YK says above, but also because there are nice wide views at times - something which can be hard to come by on our high-banked hedge-rowed lanes.

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49.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.9 km

553 m

344 m

108 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

46.5 km

2.15 km

238 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Saturday 16 May

16°C

8°C

22 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Piltdown Pond – Slugwash Lane loop from Haywards Heath

East Mascalls Lane

Splaynes Green Village Green

The Griffin Inn Garden View of Sheffield Park

Bay and Bellflower Café

Fletching Village and St. Andrew & St. Mary the Virgin Church

Piltdown Pond

Greenwich Meridian at Hamsey Lane

Slugwash Lane

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