Wealdway

Recreational Route: Southern England

Gravesend to Eastbourne
129km/80 miles

An attractive and surprisingly quiet walk originally devised by local Ramblers, from the mouth of the Thames to the south coast via the Kent and Sussex Weald and Ashdown Forest. The southern section of the route parallels the Vanguard Way.

Part of the South East Walks network.

Connects with

• 1066 Country Walk (E9)
• Eden Valley Walk
• Forest Way
• Greensand Way
• High Weald Landscape Trail
• Medway Valley Walk
• North Downs Way
• Saxon Shore Way
• South Downs Way (E9)
• Sussex Border Path
• Tunbridge Wells Circular
• Vanguard Way

Highway Authorities

• East Sussex
• Kent

Accommodation

Click here to find bed & breakfast accommodation on this path

There is a more comprehensive list of Wealdway accommodation on the Kent Ramblers website

Tourist Information Centres

• Eastbourne tel 01323 411400
• Gravesend tel 01474 337600, www.gravesham.gov.uk
• Tonbridge tel 01732 770929, www.tmbc.gov.uk/leisuretourism
• Tunbridge Wells 01892 515675, www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk

Maps

The route of the path is shown on recent editions of these maps.

Publications

• Wealdway and the Vanguard Way by Kev Reynolds. Cicerone £4.99
  A single guidebook to both routes, including maps. Last updated 1987.
• The accommodation guide to the Wealdway is now out of print. Click on the link above, see the Rural Ways website or contact TICs above.

Contacts

• Rural Ways