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Seven Sisters Cliffs – Seven Sisters Cliffs loop from South Hill

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United Kingdom
England
South East England
East Sussex
Lewes
Seaford

Seven Sisters Cliffs – Seven Sisters Cliffs loop from South Hill

Moderate

4.8

(69)

802

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Seven Sisters Cliffs – Seven Sisters Cliffs loop from South Hill

04:52

18.3km

190m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

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South Downs National Park

Waypoints

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1.04 km

View of the Seven Sisters from Seaford Head

Highlight • Beach

The Severn Sisters are a series of chalk cliffs on the southern coast of Britain.

Seaford Head is one of the best viewpoints of this classic bit of coast. It's also an important nature reserve with a wide variety of plants, birds and insects.

Do take care as there has been significant rock fall from the cliffs here recently (2024), look out for warning signs and stay away from the edges.

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2

1.31 km

Cuckmere Haven Beach

Highlight • River

Quite an emotion when you don't plan well when crossing to the other side of the river...

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2.07 km

Cuckmere

Lake

4

7.06 km

The path leads beautifully along the chalk cliffs through the hills, a unique experience. There are always spectacular views of the cliffs of the Seven Sisters and the sea, but be careful, the area is not secured.

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8.22 km

The seventh "summit" of the Seven Sisters. The hiking trail meanders over the chalk cliffs with gentle inclines, a great experience.

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8.92 km

Birling Gap and the Seven Sisters Cliffs

Highlight • Natural Monument

A busy hub for people coming to walk and admire the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs. There is a cafe, toilet block, ice cream van (in summer), shop, visitors’ centre and lots of indoor and outdoor seating.

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9.26 km

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Highlight • Natural

Above the visitor center you have a beautiful view of the chalk cliffs.

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10.00 km

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

As the Seven Sisters, the cliff coast, which is located between Eastbourne and Seaford, is called. They are the most impressive cliffs of the South Downs in Sussex in the south of England. The Seven Sisters is a chain of consecutive chalk cliffs of the coastline. Since there are eight peaks and seven valleys, it is debatable whether the name refers to the crests or the valleys. According to an exhibition in the visitor center of the National Trust at Birling Gap, the name Seven Sisters was created around 1600. Only then has the continuous erosion formed another cliff, the eighth sister. The historical name has been preserved.

From west to east, beginning to the east of Cuckmere Haven, they bear the following names, with the valleys in between also bearing individual designations. In the list, the cliffs are highlighted in bold:

Haven Brow
Short Bottom
Short Brow
Limekiln Bottom
Rough Brow
Rough bottom
Brass point
Gap Bottom
Flagstaff Point (passing in the Flagstaff Brow)
Flagstaff Bottom
Flat Hill
Flathill Bottom
Baily's Hill
Michel Dean
Went Hill Brow
East of the last rock is the village of Birling Gap, which is severely threatened by erosion. Here you can access the beach via a staircase. Behind it there is the already dismantled lighthouse Belle Tout and then the highest chalk cliffs in the UK, the Beachy Head, below which stands a lighthouse.

Source: Wikipedia de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(Sussex)

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15.5 km

Seven Sisters Cliffs

Highlight • Viewpoint

beautiful hike by the sea and cliffs

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18.3 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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10.9 km

6.34 km

1.01 km

Surfaces

10.0 km

4.73 km

1.43 km

1.03 km

863 m

175 m

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Friday 15 May

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