- START GR 718183 Queen Elizabeth Visitor Centre Park
- Follow the orange & purple markers to a good track and turn left onto a trail marked with orange. Follow this excellent trail through the forest until it meets the South Downs Way at (730197)
- Turn left to meet a road near a car park. Go straight on and keep on the South Downs Way for 5.8km to meet the B2416 at (783185). Cross the road and continue to the B2141. Continue following the SDW across Harting Downs, and bearing left in front of Beacon Hill to a junction at (805179) Turn right and descend to a junction. Fork left and after 500m bear right to meet the road at (797170)
- Cross over and join the Western Downs Cycle route. Follow this for nearly 2km to a minor road. Cross over and take the right fork contouring round Telegraph Hill. Turn right past the church into Compton.
- Turn right on the B2146 and take the first left opposite Littlegreen School. After 200m fork right and stay on this track for 3km to a x-roads at (739156)
- Go straight on though Chalton forking right at the pub. After 1km, just after the high point turn right onto a bridleway which leads across to the corner of the plantation and back to the start.
OS Landranger Map 197 Chichester & The South Downs
A Classic route making good use of way-marked single-track.
There is a café in the country Park
South Downs 3 - 30km—Medium +
The site for off-road cycle routes
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