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Blackcap – View from Plumpton Bostal loop from Falmer

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Blackcap – View from Plumpton Bostal loop from Falmer

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Blackcap – View from Plumpton Bostal loop from Falmer

03:44

12.8km

340m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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South Downs National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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88 m

South Downs Way Drinking Water Tap

Highlight • Rest Area

Very easy to miss - it's low on the stone wall

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100 m

Water Tap on Flint Wall Path, South Downs National Park

Highlight • Rest Area

easy to miss if you go too fast ;)

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1.58 km

Downhill Singletrack in South Downs National Park

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Such a lovely downhill portion on a single track. Depending on the season, the fields, vegetation and colours vary significantly. Beautiful area. Great memories going through wheat-fields.

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4.46 km

Blackcap

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

From this viewpoint on the South Downs Way ridge, you can enjoy soaring views across the National Park all the way to New Haven.

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5.86 km

Plumpton Bostal is a particularly tough climb and descent, as the road surface is a mixture of broken tarmac, concrete and some areas of just rubble. This, combined with its steep gradient, make it one of the more challenging of the Sussex bostals.

The Half Moon pub at the bottom is well worth calling in at!

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6.95 km

The Half Moon Inn in Plumpton

Highlight • Settlement

Plumpton is a charming village of two halves. The southern end of the village is cut across by the South Downs Way near the site of an Early Bronze Age settlement. North of the track is a chalk-cross with a sandstone block at its centre, which commemorates the Battle of Lewes in 1264.

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8.58 km

Bronze Age Burial Mounds at Blackcap

Highlight • Historical Site

One of the area's Bronze Age burial mounds, up to 4,000 years old

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10.1 km

South Downs Way – Falmer to Blackcap

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This is a lovely section of the South Downs Way which climbs north from Falmer on the A27 through up an open track. It then descends along the woodland Bunkershill Plantation before emerging in an open landscape towards Blackcap.

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12.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.0 km

2.32 km

379 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.1 km

1,000 m

962 m

534 m

170 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

29°C

18°C

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Blackcap – View from Plumpton Bostal loop from Falmer

South Downs Way Drinking Water Tap

Water Tap on Flint Wall Path, South Downs National Park

Downhill Singletrack in South Downs National Park

Blackcap

View from Plumpton Bostal

The Half Moon Inn in Plumpton

Bronze Age Burial Mounds at Blackcap

South Downs Way – Falmer to Blackcap

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