Rottingdean and Peacehaven Under and Over Cliff Walk
Looking west to Saltdean
Start & Finish: White Horse Hotel, High St, Rottingdean, Brighton BN2 7HR, United Kingdom
Distance: 9.7 km (6 miles)
Elevation change: + / - 80 m
GPX File: get via Buy Me a Coffee
Other routes touched (walk): England Coastal Path, Newhaven-Brighton Clifftop Path, Undercliff Walk, Greenwich Meridian Trail
Other routes touched (cycle): NCN 2, Prime Meridian Cycle Route
Pubs / Cafes on route: The Smugglers Rest, South Coast Road, Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven BN10 7BE
Map: OS Explorer OL11 Brighton & Hove Map
Links: Rottingdean, Peacehaven, Prime Meridian Obelisk
This was a pleasant late afternoon walk for us ahead of the next day’s Prime Meridian Cycle Trip with my friend Brian. We had spent the day on Rottingdean Beach, mostly drinking Champagne and eating ice-cream. Timea had joined Brian and I for the day and I wanted her to see the Prime Meridian Obelisk before she headed home.
The return walk from Rottingdean to the Obelisk at Peasehaven is just under 10 km with both undercliff and cliff-top options to choose from. You can follow the cliff-top all the way but the undercliff option stops for a few kms between Saltdean and the Western edge of Peacehaven. We took the undercliff walk, as much as we could, to Peacehaven and came back on the cliff top.
See the next post for more on the Prime Meridian Obelisk at Peaceheaven.
