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Ashurst Wood Walks

7.46 miles (12 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap This Sussex based village has some nice trails through the surrounding woodland and countryside of the High Weald AONB.
This circular walk from the village visits the neighbouring village of Forest Row before heading to the nearby Weir Wood Reservoir.
The walk starts in the village and heads east to Ashurstwood Abbey before picking up the High Weald Landscape Trail on Cansiron Lane. Follow the waymarked footpath south and it will take you into Forest Row. The village is on the edge of the expansive Ashdown Forest where you can explore the area made famous in the Winnie the Pooh books by A.A Milne.
After exploring the village you can then follow footpaths north west past Brambletye Manor to Weir Wood Reservoir. This large lake has some lovely waterside paths with a wildlife rich nature reserve at the western side.
At the reservoir you can pick up the Sussex Border Path and follow this trail back to the village, crossing the Forest Way cycle route as you go.

Ashurst Wood OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Ashurst Wood Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Walks near Ashurst Wood

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

For more walking ideas in the area see the Sussex Walks and the High Weald Walks pages.

Photos

War memorial, Ashurst Wood (geograph 3808965)

War memorial, Ashurst Wood

St Dunstan's Church (Current), Ashurst Wood

St Dunstan's Church, Chapel Lane, Ashurst Wood, District of Mid Sussex, West Sussex, England. The village's Anglican church was converted from a closed Congregational church in 1979.

Maypole Inn Ashurst Wood

The Maypole, 76 Maypole Road at grid reference TQ421368 in Ashurst Wood, West Sussex. The village seems to have decided within the last thrity years that it is two words and not Ashurstwood as on older maps

House, Cansiron Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1690313

House, Cansiron Lane

Looking across from Spanden Wood to Minepit Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1691050

Looking across from Spanden Wood to Minepit Wood

Weirwood reservoir valve tower - geograph.org.uk - 1093317

Weirwood reservoir valve tower

Small woodland on the edge of Brambletye School - geograph.org.uk - 1700073

Small woodland on the edge of Brambletye School

View to Minepits Wood from the Forest Way - geograph.org.uk - 1700021

View to Minepits Wood from the Forest Way

GPS Files

GPX File

Ashurst Wood.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Ashurst Wood.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)