What is Eastbourne and Lewes Walking Festival?

Eastbourne and Lewes Walking Festival is a ten day event running from Friday 20 September through to Sunday 29 September 2019. The event acts as a springboard to a year round ongoing promotion of walking activities across the areas. This is an event for all ages that will encourage people to take a good walk on a regular basis, be it to improve their health and wellbeing or simply to learn new things and make friends. The festival aims to promote engagement in appreciation and conservation of the natural world from plant life, animal life and marine. There will be events taking place during the Festival based around this theme more so than the act of walking.

What can you expect to see during the Festival?

Participants will be able to choose from a selection of the most interesting urban and rural walks ranging from Eastbourne’s promenade all the way to the Twittens of Lewes. From historic Lewes town to our iconic cliffs in Seaford and Eastbourne through to the River Ouse, we invite you to find out more about the culture, history, and landscapes of one of the country’s most stunning regions. This is also a great opportunity for you to meet other walkers and find out more about the community walking groups in your area. The full list of walks on offer for you to sign up for, as well as other events happening during the Festival can be found by visiting the Walk Calendar.

What to do next

Browse through the website for inspiration on Self-Guided Walks in the area to take on yourself, with handy information available to help you along the way. Click through the Walk Calendar and find any walks that you would be interested in signing up for – once you’ve found them you can sign up for it on the same page. You will then receive an email confirming your space on this walk. If you need to find Accommodation in the area, we’ve got that covered too. You’ll be able to click through to the official tourism websites for Eastbourne, and Lewes, and book your perfect place to stay. If you have any other questions – please don’t hesitate to Contact Us. In the meantime, sign up to our free newsletter using the box to your right further up this page.

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While every effort is made to adhere to the details specified in the walk description, there may be the occasional last minute changes and walks may be cancelled at last minute due to the weather or ill health.  Please do book your walk in advance and let the walk leader know if you have to cancel. Please note, all of our walk leaders are volunteers and everyone taking part in any of these walks does so a their own risk. Participants are responsible for assessing their own risk, ability and safety. They are responsible for wearing appropriate footwear, waterproofs, drinking water and other equipment as needed.

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