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    Car-free travel highlights  Car-free travel highlight
    Catch the 77 bus from Brighton to Devil's Dyke and then enjoy a short stroll along the South Downs Way to Saddlescombe Farm and Newtimber Hill.
     
    Walking  By foot
    Saddlescombe Farm and Newtimber Hill lie on the South Downs Way, a 100 mile long National Trail that crosses the chalk escarpment and ridges of the South Downs from Winchester to Eastbourne.
     
    Cycling  By bike
    The South Downs Way is used by walkers, cyclists and horse riders. The trail passes through Saddlescombe and Newtimber, with some steep, but rewarding climbs along the way.

    A section of National Cycle Network Route 20 crosses the South Downs at Crawley and runs along the border of Saddlescombe Farm and Newtimber Hill to Brighton.
     
    Bus  By bus
    77 bus service travels up to Devil's Dyke from the centre of Brighton, passing the pier and railway station. From the bus stop it is a gentle walk (about twenty minutes) to Saddlescombe along the South Downs Way.

    The bus runs everyday in summer, weekends and Bank Holidays in spring and autumn, Sun and Bank Holidays in winter (except Christmas Day). Weather permitting, it is an open-top bus on Sun and Bank Holidays.

    Each paying adult can take two children free on the 77 bus. A bus leaflet called 'Breeze up to the Dyke' is available. For more info, check Brighton and Hove Buses.
     
    Train  By train
    Brighton railway station and Hassocks railway station, both 5 miles.

    A train ticket gets you a '2-for-1' offer on adult single and return tickets on the service 77 bus to Devil's Dyke. Just show the bus driver your valid train ticket.
     
    Road directions  By road
    Signposted 2 miles north of A27 Brighton ring road and 1 mile south of A281.
     
    Car parks  Car parks

    Summerdown Road
    OS: TQ269112, free parking

    Opposite Saddlescombe Farm
    OS: TQ271115, informal drop-off area for coaches and space for 15 cars opposite farm.
     
    Ordnance Survey map  Ordnance Survey maps
    Explorer 17
    Landranger 198
     

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