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Café Taffels – Highams Wood Bridleway loop from East Grinstead

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Café Taffels – Highams Wood Bridleway loop from East Grinstead

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Café Taffels – Highams Wood Bridleway loop from East Grinstead

01:36

22.5km

230m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 23, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 20.8 km for 205 m

After 21.6 km for 62 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.28 km

East Grinstead Historic High Street

Highlight • Historical Site

Most notable for the longest row of medieval buildings in the country!

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1.50 km

Statue of Sir Archibald McIndoe

Highlight • Monument

This bronze statue is dedicated to Sir Archibald McIndoe, he was the world-renowned plastic surgeon, who transformed the disfigured faces and hands of servicemen who sustained horrific burns during WW11 and practised at the town’s Queen Victoria Hospital.

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2.07 km

National Cycle Network Route 21

Highlight • Cycleway

Great views, nice area to ride

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3.69 km

Picnic Spot With View of the High Weald

Highlight • Viewpoint

Just one of the many picnic spots along the way.

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4.80 km

Forest Way Hardpack Gravel Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Super hardpack gravel route with a few segments of asphalt bike path. Great for all bike users, young, old, beginner, expert.

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6.32 km

Café Taffels

Highlight • Cafe

You can enter from the front or rear and there is space to park bikes at the back.

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6.81 km

Forest Way Country Park – National Cycle Network Route 21

Highlight • Cycleway

A ten mile stretch of the National Cycle Network running from East Grinstead to Groombridge

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9.60 km

Highams Wood Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Heading North past Ashdown House School, the bridleway winds through Highams Wood. Fantastic views to the south , and some lovely woodland.

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16.9 km

Fifty Acre Wood

Forest

22.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.94 km

6.57 km

4.08 km

3.18 km

817 m

718 m

180 m

Surfaces

10.8 km

5.31 km

2.82 km

1.94 km

1.31 km

299 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

Weather

Monday 22 June

33°C

17°C

60 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Café Taffels – Highams Wood Bridleway loop from East Grinstead

East Grinstead Historic High Street

Statue of Sir Archibald McIndoe

National Cycle Network Route 21

Picnic Spot With View of the High Weald

Forest Way Hardpack Gravel Path

Café Taffels

Forest Way Country Park – National Cycle Network Route 21

Highams Wood Bridleway

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