View of Cuckmere Haven – Seven Sisters Cliffs loop from Cuckmere Valley

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View of Cuckmere Haven – Seven Sisters Cliffs loop from Cuckmere Valley

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View of Cuckmere Haven – Seven Sisters Cliffs loop from Cuckmere Valley

01:16

11.3km

150m

Running

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

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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South Downs National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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68 m

Cuckmere Cycle Company Bike Hire & Shop

Highlight • Rest Area

Recently reopened bike hire and shop in Exceat, one of Sussex's most beautiful spots, located between the sea and Friston Forest.

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724 m

Cuckmere Haven

Highlight • Beach

The Cuckmere Haven at Exceat is the main entry point for Seven Sister Country Park, known for it’s text book ox-bow lakes. It’s a lovely spot but it’s a bit of a honeypot, so gets busy when the weather is good. If you’re cycling on the A259 coast road, expect queues of traffic as the bridge west of the entrance is single lane only.

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2.25 km

View of Cuckmere Haven

Highlight • Viewpoint

Let's be honest, the views are incredible all round at the Seven Sisters National Park. From this side you get to enjoy the winding meanders of the Cuckmere River and Cuckmere Haven and the Coastguard Cottages on the opposite cliffs. Bliss!

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4.17 km

View of the Seven Sisters Cliffs from Crowlink Path

Highlight • Trail

The path leads beautifully along the chalk cliffs through the hills, a unique experience. There are always spectacular views of the cliffs of the Seven Sisters and the sea, but be careful, the area is not secured.

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4.65 km

Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs

Highlight • Natural Monument

To be honest this is just iconic British scenery and on the right day the best you could ever wish for. To get the best views you need to be offset to the cliffs a tad.

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5.64 km

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

As the Seven Sisters, the cliff coast, which is located between Eastbourne and Seaford, is called. They are the most impressive cliffs of the South Downs in Sussex in the south of England. The Seven Sisters is a chain of consecutive chalk cliffs of the coastline. Since there are eight peaks and seven valleys, it is debatable whether the name refers to the crests or the valleys. According to an exhibition in the visitor center of the National Trust at Birling Gap, the name Seven Sisters was created around 1600. Only then has the continuous erosion formed another cliff, the eighth sister. The historical name has been preserved.

From west to east, beginning to the east of Cuckmere Haven, they bear the following names, with the valleys in between also bearing individual designations. In the list, the cliffs are highlighted in bold:

Haven Brow
Short Bottom
Short Brow
Limekiln Bottom
Rough Brow
Rough bottom
Brass point
Gap Bottom
Flagstaff Point (passing in the Flagstaff Brow)
Flagstaff Bottom
Flat Hill
Flathill Bottom
Baily's Hill
Michel Dean
Went Hill Brow
East of the last rock is the village of Birling Gap, which is severely threatened by erosion. Here you can access the beach via a staircase. Behind it there is the already dismantled lighthouse Belle Tout and then the highest chalk cliffs in the UK, the Beachy Head, below which stands a lighthouse.

Source: Wikipedia de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(Sussex)

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8.97 km

View of the Seven Sisters Cliffs

Highlight • Natural Monument

Views of the Seven Sisters cliffs are the best views in Sussex, perhaps even the best views in the South of England. They are as beautiful as they are iconic, simply world class!

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11.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.58 km

2.44 km

309 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.19 km