Starting and finishing at the village of Ninfield, this walk by Ben Perkins heads south to Hooe Common before dropping down into a wide valley on the northern fringe of Pevensey Levels, then over the substantial waterway of Waller’s Haven and up again to Boreham Street.

1 - From the unsurfaced car parking lay-by area beside Coombe Lane follow the lane north-eastwards for a few yards only, then turn right along a hedged path which starts between the entrances to Coombe Cottage and Coombe Lodge, following it through to the A269.

Turn right and immediately go left along Moor Hall Drive, a metalled cul-de-sac. After about 250 yards, turn right, signed to Moor Hall Farm and Moor Hall Lakes. Walk past the farm buildings and, where the drive veers right, go ahead along a grassy track.

Where this track ends go ahead along a narrow path through scrub to a stile, forward with a hedge on your right to another stile and on between hedges. Join a concrete drive and turn right out to the B2095.

2 - Turn right into the small settlement of Russell’s Green. After a quarter of a mile, just past a post box on the left, fork left along an access drive. Follow this drive as it skirts to the right of two large houses.

Now some care is needed. Go ahead through a difficult unhinged gate to the right of a garage, pass to the right of a weather-boarded cottage, then go forward over an overgrown stile or, if impassable, through the gate next to it, and then ahead along the right edge of two fields.

In the field corner cross a stile, go ahead for 30 yards to another stile, then across a drive and forward with a garden on your left. In the corner go left through a wicket gate and along a narrow path which turns right out to Straight Lane.

3 - Follow the drive opposite and, where it forks, keep right. At a T-junction turn left. Where the drive divides, turn right and, after 60 yards, fork right through a swing gate and follow a well-trodden path across rough ground. Emerging into a field, go ahead, joining a left-hand fence.

In the field corner, scale a fixed gate and go ahead along a drive out to a lane at Hooe Common.

4 - The Red Lion pub is now a few yards to the right but our walk continues along the road to the left. After about 100 yards, just past Dewey’s Farm on the right, the footpath officially goes right over a stile.

If overgrown and impassable, as it was when I tried to get through, use the gate a few yards further along the road to get round the obstruction.

Either way, walk past farm buildings and then veer slightly left across a field to join a lane in the far-left corner. Turn left.

After 200 yards, turn right along a track bordered by high banks and follow it down on to Hooe Level, a wide valley extending northwards from Pevensey Levels. After about a quarter of a mile, a few yards after passing beneath power lines, turn left through a gate and go ahead, walking parallel to the left field-edge.

Go over a stile about 40 yards to the right of the field corner and bear half-right across the next field. In the corner cross a wide bridge, turn left through a gate and go forward along the left edge of two fields with a drainage ditch on your left.

Once into the second field, head out across a meadow to reach Hogtrough Bridge, in prominent view ahead.

5 - Cross this bridge over the wide waterway of Waller’s Haven. Follow a right field-edge and carry on across the next field edge, following the direction of an arrow on a power pole. Go through a gap in a crossing fence and continue gently uphill. From the top-right field-corner, a track continues out to the A269 at Boreham Street.

Turn right and, after 100 yards, fork left along the well-signed 1066 Country Walk, following it across two paddocks, down into a valley and ahead along a left field-edge. In the field corner, go right over a footbridge and left through a thicket.

Once out into a field corner, our route officially goes half-right across the field, parting company with the 1066 Walk.

If destroyed by ploughing, follow the left edge round two sides of the field, Either way, from the far-right field-corner, cross a drive and go ahead, northwards, along a right field edge. In the corner, side-step to the right over a stile and resume your direction, now along a left field-edge.

From a gateway in the next field corner, go ahead for 100 yards, right over a new footbridge, then half-left across a meadow and across a wide farm bridge. Go ahead, climbing between hedges to a stile and on to join the A271. Turn left.

6 - After 250 yards, opposite Kitchenham Farm, turn right through a gate and head squarely down across two fields, across a dip and up along a left field-edge. In the corner, go through a gate, turning left to cross a field to a stile.

Skirt to the left of a copse, soon veering right to a stile half hidden behind trees.

Head half-left across the next field to find another stile and continue in the same direction across the field beyond.

In the field corner go through a gate and forward towards the large 16th century farm house at Lower Standard Hill. Shortly turn right along a concrete access drive out to the A269. Turn left and follow the road for half a mile towards Ninfield. Luckily there is a reasonable grass verge for most of the distance. Coombe Lane, where you parked the car, is the first turning on the left.

- Distance/Time: Seven miles/three and a half hours.

- By Car: Start from Ninfield where there is room to park a few yards along Coombe Lane which heads north east from the A269 at the western end of the village (GR 699128).

- By Public Transport: Bus from Bexhill and Battle. For more details go to www.traveline.org.uk or call Traveline on 0871 200 2233.

- What’s underfoot: Mostly easy walking along field paths and tracks. Two short sections beside busy roads. A few ups and downs, none severe.

- Thirsty Work: Red Lion pub at Hooe Common (point four). Pubs at Ninfield and Boreham Street, both about half a mile off the route.

- So you don’t get lost: OS Explorer 124.

* If you would like a longer walk, today’s circuit can be combined with the walk published in The Argus on March 27, a short section beyond point three on today’s walk being common to both.