🥾 Walking route
Alfriston Clergy House to Berwick Church, Alfriston
East Sussex
- 📏 4.4 km · 2.8 mi
- ⛰ +76 m
- ⏱ 1 hr
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance4.4 km · 2.8 mi
- Elevation+76 m
- Duration1 hr
- DifficultyEasy
- Route typeLinear
- TerrainField paths, quiet tracks and gently rising pasture
- Best seasonSpring to autumn
- DogsDog-friendly on lead through livestock fields
About this walk
This gentle linear walk links two of the South Downs' most characterful villages, beginning in Alfriston beside the medieval parish church of St Andrew and the neighbouring Alfriston Clergy House. The thatched, timber-framed Clergy House sits on The Tye, the open green beside the River Cuckmere, and makes a memorable starting point before you head north out of the village.
Field paths and quiet tracks lead across gently rising downland pasture, with wide views opening towards the chalk ridge of the Downs. The route eases you through classic East Sussex countryside of hedgerows, sheep fields and scattered copses before arriving at Berwick and the Church of St Michael & All Angels, known for its distinctive Flint Tower.
The church makes a natural finish, and The Cricketer's Arms just nearby is a welcome spot for a drink before heading back. At 4.4 km with only 76 m of ascent, it's an easy hour on foot, ideal as a half-day outing paired with a return by the same route or a local bus.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
4 waypoints along the way
- 1
Start: Alfriston
- Start
The start of the route.
- 2
St Michael & All Angels
- 3
The Flint Tower
- 4
Alfriston Clergy House
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
The Cricketer's Arms
~307 m off the route
Berwick
~198 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).