Upper Medway Valley
Here is an easy walk in the valley of the Upper Medway in Sussex. We join the the river as it heads for the Kent border, gaining width and strength. It is a walk without significant hills, never far from the water, and is described as a figure-of-eight. This allows for a shorter circuit option – though most regular Argus walkers should have no difficulty in completing the full version of the walk.

Ashington circular 2
Ashington was once on the Worthing to London Road, but now the busy A24 runs east of the village. On this exploration we head off onto paths that receive infrequent walker traffic. There are fine displays of spring flowers and glimpses of deer in the countryside.

Hadlow Down circular
Starting high on a Wealden ridge at Hadlow Down, this walk heads north before dropping down into and along the valley of the River Uck. En route it visits two areas which are open to the public but not marked as such on the Explorer Map, a licensed woodland path after point 2 and, between points 4 and 5, a walk through an area of woodland and pasture where environmentally sensitive management is encouraging the growth and protection of wild flowers.

Burpham circular
Up a quiet country road, that seems to finish with a dead-end, is the tiny village of Burpham. On a promontory above the River Arun, the village was identified by Alfred the Great as being of strategic significance.

Heritage Coast
To welcome the spring, here is a classic walk in the downland of the so-called Heritage Coast, the area between Seaford and Eastbourne, which offers some of the best walking in the county.

Ardingly
Ardingly Reservoir is one of those tucked-away reminders of how dependent we are upon the most basic of natural resources. The reservoir was created in 1978 to harvest water from the head of the River Ouse and its tributaries to provide drinking water for the mid- Sussex community.

Brownbread Street circular
This week I can offer a relatively long and fairly strenuous walk on the thinly populated southern slopes of the High Weald. Starting and finishing at the picturesquely named hamlet of Brown Bread Street with its walker-friendly pub, the circuit of almost nine miles follows an up-and-down route across low hills, dipping through a series of remote valleys cut by tiny streams draining southwards towards Pevensey Levels.

West Hoathly circular
West Hoathly is a secluded High Weald village with a twisting main street bordered by period buildings, a church, notable pub and an active community. On this walk we visit many local byways, get extensive views across a spectacular reservoir and visit a rock outcrop popular with climbers.

Lewes to Ringmer
This week, thanks to the opening up of a new permissive footpath route in the Ouse Valley under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme, I am able to offer a low-level return route from Lewes to Ringmer, which manages to avoid all road walking once away from the town and includes about a mile beside the River Ouse with good views across the water to the isolated church at Hamsey.

Cowfold circular
Pretty Cowfold stands at the busy junction of the east-west A272 road and the road between Horsham and Henfield. From each corner of the crossroads is a wide choice of walking routes which lead out into the surrounding landscape.

Shortgate circular
This week I can offer an easy walk in the Low Weald, without significant hills. It traverses a patchwork of small areas of well-kept woodland, interspersed with pasture and arable fields, as well as using about a mile of quiet country lane.

Dragons Green circular
Images of a flying, fire-breathing, slimy reptile could not be further from the reality that is the tranquil community of Dragons Green, set a few hundred yards from the bustling A272 road and just over a mile west of the main Worthing to London road.

Waldron circular
This is a short but varied walk on the gentle southern slopes of the High Weald, starting and finishing at the village of Waldron, near Heathfield.

Devil's Dyke circular
On this walk we head out from the top of the Devil’s Dyke Hill, for long a popular viewing point for urbanised coastal dwellers. Striking out west along the crest of the Downs we pass ancient burial sites and the mound on top of which sat a watchful Norman castle. We then head into valleys with isolated farm buildings and look down to the site of an abandoned village.

Battle to Crowhurst
This week I can offer the second of a pair of linked linear walks between stations on the Hastings-to-Tunbridge Wells line, starting from Battle and finishing at Crowhurst where the previous walk, published a fortnight ago and available from the Argus website, began.

Cuckfield circular
Cuckfield is the distinguished Mid Sussex community at the edge of the High Weald, it has a distinctive church spire, a fine High Street and a charming array of houses, narrow streets, twittens and footpaths. On this expedition we get out into the surrounding countryside, through woodland and pasture and finish up back in the High Street, ready for refreshment.

Crowhurst to Battle
An attractive walk, starting along the quiet valley of the tiny Powdermill Stream with the option of a detour into the RSPB nature reserve at Fore Wood. It then climbs to higher ground, passing through Powdermill Wood and joining part of the long-distance 1066 Country Walk for the last mile or so.

Warninglid circular
Warninglid sits just a little more than a mile away from the busy A23 main road but the delightful, if short, village street could be many miles from the buzz of modern traffic. On this walk we head-off to the south and then traverse west, on a track we have used on earlier walks, passing through woodland and along hidden, flooded valleys that are evidence of the earlier Wealden iron industry.