Ironmaster's Walk, Batemans other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 10–21 °C (50–70 °F)
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- M10°4°59
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- J21°13°52
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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
Longstanding tradition claims that Bateman's was built by a Wealden ironmaster. It is difficult now to appreciate that Burwash was ever anything other than a village, but the Normans saw the growth of small scale iron production that lasted 4 centuries.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 3.2 km · 2.0 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 3.0 km · 1.9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- At Burwash (East Sussex, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- East Sussex
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- National Trust
- From / to
- Car Park, Bateman's Lane, Burwash, East Sussex TN19 7DS;TQ671238 → Car Park, Bateman's Lane, Burwash, East Sussex TN19 7DS;TQ671238
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 50.9906, 0.3757
- Route start
- 50.9903, 0.3794
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 19946156
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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