Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Swanborough Hill – The Juggs loop from Falmer

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Swanborough Hill – The Juggs loop from Falmer

Moderate

5.0

(1)

hikers

Swanborough Hill – The Juggs loop from Falmer

04:44

17.3km

270m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

South Downs National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

3.82 km

View of Lewes from Kingston Ridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

views eastward over Kingston toward Lewes

Tip by

4.93 km

View of Lewes and the Ouse Valley

Highlight • Natural Monument

The escarpment here and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The steeply sloping chalk grassland is rich in minibeasts, such as Adonis Blue and Small Blue butterflies, and the nationally rare and specially protected wart-biter cricket. Amongst the diverse plant life are squinancywort and eyebright – both classic medicinal herbs used to treat throat and eye infections respectively. The chalky soils and climate of the South Downs are suitable for growing wine, and a number of vineyards are making the most of conditions that are similar to the Champagne region of France.

Tip by

5.84 km

Swanborough Hill

Highlight • Trail

Expect big vistas and colourful wildlife on any warm season jaunt along Swanborough Hill. Situated on the South Downs' chalk grassland ridge between Brighton and Lewes, you're afforded superb views out towards the Channel. Wildflowers proliferate on the wonderfully springy grassland and you might catch sight of the iconic chalkhill blue butterfly fluttering from flower to flower.

Tip by

6.04 km

Concrete section of the South Downs Way at Iford Hill

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Whilst concrete isn't the best for walking on, when we walked this section of the South Downs Way we were flanked either side by bright yellow oil seed rape fields (May 2022) which increased its beauty remarkably.

Tip by

8.64 km

View of the South Downs and Lewes

Highlight • Viewpoint

Lovely bucolic scene of countryside and Lewes in the distance from this point in the South Downs.

Tip by

9.52 km

Abergavenny Arms Pub

Highlight • Restaurant

Lunch and dinner. Bus stop outside. monk House round the corner.

Tip by

13.4 km

The Juggs

Highlight • Pub

A beautiful originally rural pub. Small doors and low ceilings. Nice open fireplace inside and nice seating outside. Nice staff and relaxed guests. Definitely worth a trip. See you soon, that's all I say.🙋

open daily from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. even from 10 a.m

thejuggs.co.uk

Translated by Google •

Tip by

17.2 km

South Downs Way Drinking Water Tap

Highlight • Rest Area

Very easy to miss - it's low on the stone wall

Tip by

17.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.09 km

4.85 km

2.37 km

840 m

111 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.62 km

5.35 km

2.16 km

2.14 km

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

29°C

18°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Hard

4.9

3,451

Beachy Head Lighthouse to Beachy Head View loop from Exceat — South Downs National Park

07:01h

24.8km

520m

Moderate

4.8

1,169

Ouse Valley Viaduct and Ardingly Reservoir Circular Walk

03:08h

11.7km

130m

Moderate

4.9

873

Seven Sisters, Cuckmere Haven & Friston Forest loop from Birling Gap — South Downs National Park

03:46h

13.5km

270m

Moderate

4.7

610

Knepp Castle, Knepp Wildland & Shipley Windmill loop from Dial Post

02:28h

9.60km

40m

Moderate

4.8

398

Ditchling Beacon loop from Jack and Jill Windmills — South Downs National Park

02:31h

9.06km

160m

Moderate

4.7

274

Ashdown Forest and Five Hundred Acre Wood loop — High Weald

04:29h

16.4km

260m

Hard

4.7

166

Beachy Head Lighthouse loop from Eastbourne

05:22h

19.1km

370m

Moderate

4.8

227

Lewes Downs & Chapel Hill loop

02:16h

7.92km

190m

Moderate

4.5

244

Stanmer Park loop

02:19h

8.37km

150m

Moderate

4.7

314

King Charles III England Coast Path: Brighton to Rottingdean

03:54h

15.2km

60m

Easy

5.0

343

Brighton to Hove via Brighton Beach & West Pier

01:26h

5.62km

20m

Hard

4.7

133

Chanctonbury Ring and Cissbury Ring loop from Findon Valley — South Downs National Park

05:00h

17.7km

380m

Swanborough Hill – The Juggs loop from Falmer

View of Lewes from Kingston Ridge

View of Lewes and the Ouse Valley

Swanborough Hill

Concrete section of the South Downs Way at Iford Hill

View of the South Downs and Lewes

Abergavenny Arms Pub

The Juggs

South Downs Way Drinking Water Tap

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️