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Chasm Explorer, Sussex East
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 10–19 °C (50–66 °F)
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- F7°3°57
- M9°4°66
- A11°5°58
- M14°8°55
- J16°11°54
- J19°13°54
- A19°14°63
- S17°12°73
- O14°10°102
- N10°6°94
- D8°4°91
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Explore ancient chalk downland & the deepest dry valley in the country. Discover where the Devil & his wife are buried, watch kestrels in the Sussex countryside & visit an ancient farmstead with over 1,000 years of history. Some steep ascents & descents.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 4.8 km · 3.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 4.8 km · 3.0 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 2.2 km E of Fulking (West Sussex, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- West Sussex
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Devil's Dyke car park, grid ref: TQ258110 → Devil's Dyke car park, grid ref: TQ258110
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 50.8869, -0.2018
- Route start
- 50.8888, -0.1951
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19229756
- Official info
- nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/devils-dyke/de
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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