Barcombe Mills
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"Walk amid echoes of long gone watermills and along the banks of the winding River Ouse."
Walk directions
With the road on your left, find the path leaving the car park by an ancient oak to join a lane, where you turn right. Cross three bridges, the third across two sluices. Pass a list of tolls on what is reputed to be Sussex’s first toll bridge, then turn left by houses on a metalled lane. For a few yards at the end this becomes a path.
Continue to the right on rejoining the through road to reach the former buildings of Barcombe railway station.
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Additional information
Terrain
- Riverside paths, a former railway line trackbed
Landscape
- River banks and the course of a dismantled railway
Dog friendliness
- On lead in livestock fields
Parking
- Car park on Barcombe Mills Road, off A26
Toilets en route
- None on route
About the walk
Apart from the hamlet’s name, the many bridges and the complex water courses at the start of the walk – fast-flowing over weirs or directed powerfully through sluices – give a clue to the fact that there were once very large watermills here. Some channels are millstreams, and some are millraces....
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About the area
East Sussex is a land of stately homes, castles and the South Downs, with miles of chalk cliffs overlooking the English Channel. For history buffs, there are a great many historic landmarks within Sussex, such as the battlefield where the Battle of Hastings took place, or visitors can enjoy pretty towns such as Lewes, Rye and Uckfield and the city of Brighton.
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