Sussex Views Magazine

Local Walks

Local Walks by Jan

Local walks written and illustrated just for Sussex Views by local artist, and keen walker, Jan. Each month we publish a walk in the magazine, and here we have picked a few of our favourites for you to try. Jan also undertakes commissions, and more of her unique work can be found on her website Jallyally

Up Marden from St Michael’s Church

Up Marden is a Hamlet of farms, with animals crazing on the hills. There is space for 2 or 3 cars by the church. Our walk begins at the church and continues down a steep slope, ending in a gentler ascent. The ancient church of St Michael’s is apparently C13 it’s interior has un-restored wall paintings, and decorative tin candle holders. For refreshments there is a pub Coach and Horses and village shop and Café at Compton. Village Shop & Tearoom

 Ref: SU79514   Length: 4 .75 miles (7.64 kms) Time:  2 hrs Map: OL8 Chichester, South Harting & Selsey 

The Route

Take the small path at the near side of the barn and walk round the church to the door. Follow the little path on your L to the Fingerpost and walk diagonally across the field on a grassy track to a sign post. Go through the hedge out to the small road. Turn R cross the road go past a farm house on your left, and at the Finger post go L through the gate and walk to go through another gate. Keep to the right hand side of the large farm gate. Follow the footpath signs and go steeply down the footpath into a small wood. Stay on the wider path and continue through the wood to emerge to turn R on the footpath. Walk to meet a bridleway and turn L, and at the next finger post turn acute R onto a footpath. Follow this footpath to a fingerpost in the middle of a field continue ahead into a wood, stay on the footpath and follow the signs on the wider path to reach a signpost. Turn L along a permissive footpath to junction, turn L. Walk to a fingerpost and turn onto a Bridleway, at the next fingerpost in the hedge turn L onto a footpath. Walk down the path to a small road, turn L and at a sharp right-hand bend and fingerpost take the footpath L, go ahead and at the next fingerpost stay on the same path and walk to another small road. Turn L. continue to a fingerpost and turn R on to the bridleway back to the church.

 

Laura Bradbear