Charleston Farm & Firle Beacon from Firle

Hello Cathers,
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As you just did the walk, could you please suggest a precise description so I can adjust the plot?
Enjoy your walks

Date of walk : 20/05/23
Clarity of route description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Great little walk - although the climb up to Firle Beacon would put it in the Moderate rather than Easy category in my book!
The route map is just slightly off in one place - at the start of the ascent to the Beacon, go up the lane between the trees to stick to the footpath instead of walking up the side of the field to the right, which is what the map suggests. We initially went up the edge of the field and ended up having to climb over a padlocked gate and get through a barbed wire fence to rejoin the footpath. (I now see another walker has made the same observation, wish I’d read that before I set off!)

The Ram at Firle is a great pub for lunch afterwards.

Date of walk : 21/02/21
Clarity of route description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★☆☆ Average
Walk interest : ★★★★☆ Good

I'd say the walk was 'medium' hard, certainly not 'easy' climbing Firle Beacon, although the rest of the walk was easy. So windy up top it was exhilarating with great views over the Downs and out to sea. We got slightly lost following the description and ended up at Bo Peep B&B but easy to retrieve. With the detour about 3 hours.

Date of walk : 13/09/20
Clarity of route description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Walk interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Nice circular walk through countryside with short, quitec steep climb and great views from Firle beacon. Firlevis a delightful old village worth exploring. Charleston farmhouse you pass has a long, artistic history and the gardens were open.

Date of walk : 02/08/20
Clarity of route description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A beautiful easy walk with lots of varied interest. Would love to have known about Chilley farm shop and cafedefinately visiting it next time!

Date of walk : 25/07/20
Clarity of route description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Amazing route perfect timing and very clear map. The route featured all the best attractions in the area and was completely free to download! Perfect!

Date of walk : 10/08/19
Clarity of route description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Great walk passing areas of interest meaning you may want to allow more time to visit eg Charleston House & Garden, or take a little diversion to Beanstalk Tea Garden (when open; turn right at the bottom of the descent instead of left for Firle Village, and walk approx 10mins straight on, ignoring track joining from the left).
Stunning views from the Beacon after a bit of a climb up a grassy path.
Descent is on a chalky path - caution if wet.
Directions could be a bit more specific but in conjunction with the map we were alright. (You walk right through the middle of Charleston Farm / House where there are some loos when open 😊 and keep going to the end of the access road, then bear right to continue on up to Tilton Farm and then right to the Downs. When you reach the track, cross it and take the path through the trees not the field track, or you’ll end up climbing over locked farm gates to get back on track 😊.)

Date of walk : 14/07/18
Clarity of route description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Very good walk with beautiful views from up the hills. The only problem we had was near Charleston Farm" we have been rerouted by the fact 5 gates had padlocks. We were lucky to have our Garmin to put us back on our right way by had to deal with electric fences and barbed wire to go over.
Any way we made it eventually and enjoyed the scenery.

Jean-Michel