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View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Forest Row

View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Forest Row

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4.8

(4)

166

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View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Forest Row

02:14

46.2km

650m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 23, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 22.5 km for 118 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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4.56 km

Chuck Hatch Lane Ford and Footbridge

Highlight • Bridge

I recommend using the ford but there is a footbridge if you don't want to get your bike wet - the ford has a concrete base and its rarely deep, so it should be fine!

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4.56 km

Kidd's Hill (The Wall) Climb from Coleman's Hatch

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Kidd’s Hill, otherwise known as the Wall, is the hardest climb in the Ashdown Forest. It’s straight, steep and keeps on going. The climb ends shortly after the road emerges …

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6.29 km

View of Ashdown Forest

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Whichever way you've come up to get here you'll have done some climbing, so make sure to enjoy the epic views out over the High Weald and Ashdown Forest. Especially …

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7.69 km

View of Old Lodge Nature Reserve from Ashdown Forest

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One of the best viewpoints in the Ashdown Forest - the outlook is to the west over Old Lodge Nature Reserve and other heathland and light woodland of Winnie the Pooh country.

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7.88 km

King's Standing Clump

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great place to walk or cycle

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7.93 km

Black Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

Recommend this place,. Nice scenic. Can be busy at rush hours

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8.58 km

100 Climbs – Ashdown Forest Climb

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A great long climb from Groombridge up to the top of Ashdown Forrest, featured in the second 100 climbs book. It starts off with a little climb, then flat with …

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22.5 km

Rusthall Common

Forest

39.6 km

Pooh Corner

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Pooh Corner is a lovely cafe on the edge of Ashdown Forest, where the Winnie the Pooh stories were coined by A.A. Milne. Built in 1703, the pretty white building …

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46.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.5 km

8.40 km

1.08 km

230 m

Surfaces

45.8 km

173 m

122 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Wednesday 6 May

14°C

7°C

17 %

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View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Forest Row

Chuck Hatch Lane Ford and Footbridge

Kidd's Hill (The Wall) Climb from Coleman's Hatch

View of Ashdown Forest

View of Old Lodge Nature Reserve from Ashdown Forest

King's Standing Clump

Black Hill

100 Climbs – Ashdown Forest Climb

Pooh Corner

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