Cliff End walk

This is a 10-mile walk, which starts on the East Sussex coast from Cliff End at Pett. It's a mostly flat one, that takes us beside the sea, as well as inland to Winchelsea & Icklesham.

We have a choice of two paths to start the walk, either on the seawall or to go along the shingle and sand. Whichever we choose, after about 1.5 miles, we then cross the road making our way across the flatlands of Pett Level to the Royal Military Canal Path, (RMCP). Our companion all the way to Winchelsea, the canal was constructed as Napoleonic Defence and runs for 30 miles from Cliff End, Pett to Hythe, although it was never used for the purpose it was built for. 

We pass through Strand Gate, to explore the Cinque Port town of Winchelsea, where the grave of Goon Spike Milligan lies within the churchyard of St Thomas the Martyr, with the words "I told you I was ill" written in Gaelic on his gravestone.

Joining the 1066 Country Walk, our circuit passes to the left of Wickham Manor, to later head up the grassy slope beside Hog Hill Windmill, which houses Sir Paul McCartney's recording studio. On reaching the church at Icklesham, we will then have short stop for lunch, followed by a quick pit stop at either the Queens Head or the Robin Hood Inn.

The return leg, heads back down to the RMCP, which we rejoin at Pannel Bridge, it is then just a case of following this trail all the way back to finish.

Walk leader is Kevin Hall