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Forest Way Cycle Path – Forest Way loop from Ashurst Wood

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Forest Way Cycle Path – Forest Way loop from Ashurst Wood

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3.0

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Forest Way Cycle Path – Forest Way loop from Ashurst Wood

01:18

18.2km

130m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 12, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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High Weald National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.16 km

Forest Way Country Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Superb gravel route in to East Grinstead.

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1.91 km

Bluebell Copse in High Weald National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

3.60 km

Running 10 miles (16 km) through the heart of East Sussex from East Grinstead to Groombridge, the Forest Way is a beautiful former railway line through some of the UK's most pleasant countryside. It's a traffic-free path that leads through the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that's home to wildlife like swallows, badgers, deer and foxes. You can find toilet facilities at Forest Row.

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9.16 km

Hartfield Station

Highlight • Rest Area

There’s only a tiny bit of the original platform left

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9.29 km

Stone Arch Bridge on Forest Way

Highlight • Bridge

Just another little part of history. Just imagine the old steam trains going through.

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9.32 km

Forest Way Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Gorgeous in summer, a firm path (not paved so muddy after rain) covered in trees that follows the path of an old railway line and now exclusively for bikes, hikers and horses. Great with children and virtually flat

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14.7 km

Forest Way

Highlight • Cycleway

The Forest Way is a shared use trail on the line of the disused railway between East Grinstead and Groombridge. It forms part of the Sussex section of the Avenue Verte, the long distance cycle route between London and Paris.

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16.0 km

Forest Way Hardpack Gravel Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Super hardpack gravel route with a few segments of asphalt bike path. Great for all bike users, young, old, beginner, expert.

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18.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.74 km

8.43 km

785 m

204 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.3 km

4.13 km

2.76 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Friday 8 May

21°C

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Forest Way Cycle Path – Forest Way loop from Ashurst Wood

Forest Way Country Park

Bluebell Copse in High Weald National Landscape

Forest Way Country Park

Hartfield Station

Stone Arch Bridge on Forest Way

Forest Way Cycle Path

Forest Way

Forest Way Hardpack Gravel Path

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