From the city of Chichester with its ancient walls and harbour inlets standing sentinel over the English Channel to the northern heights of Black Down on its ridge of greensand above the intervening folds, farms and villages of the western Weald, from the bustling towns of Crawley and Horsham in the lee of the chalk slopes of the South Downs to the traditional seaside resorts of Littlehampton and Worthing. 

The 40 circular walks in this pocket guidebook offer plenty of scope to explore the region's famed downs, woods, heaths, and nature reserves along with its charming villages, fine stately homes and verdant country estates. Each walk entry begins with at-a-glance details of distance, time, terrain, parking, and public transport access where available. 

Clear route-finding instructions are provided together with simple overview coloured sketch maps, but OS Explorer map sheet numbers are also provided. The text also includes brief notes on features of interest along the way and there are colour photographs throughout.

The walks are arranged into five geographical sections:

• Around Midhurst 
• Around Chichester 
• Billinghurst and the Low Weald
  
• Around Arundel and Worthing 
• Crawley, Horsham and Haywards Heath 

List of Walk Locations -

Around Midhurst
Black Down and the Temple of the Winds - 12km
Woolbeding Common and Older Hill - 5km
Stedham and Iping Villages - 4.5km
Iping and Stedham Common - 4.5km
Midhurst - 7.5km
Lodsworth and Tillington - 9km
Harting Down and Beacon Hill - 7.25km
Cocking Down - 6.75km

Around Chichester
Compton and Bevis's Thumb - 5.75km
Singleton and Levin Down - 5km
Rowlands Castle and Stansted Park - 9.75km
West Stoke and Kingley Vale - 6km
West Dean and The Trundle - 11.75km
Chichester Walls - 4km
Chidham Peninsula and Cobnor Point - 8km
West Itchenor and Chichester Channel - 5.75km

Billinghurst and the Low Weald
Northchapel - 7km
Loxwood and the Wey and Arun Canal - 5.75km
Rudgwick and Rowhook - 9km
Wisborough Green - 9km
Petworth - 5km
Pulborough Brooks - 6km
Knepp Castle Estate - 10km
Henfield and the River Adur - 7.5km

Around Arundel and Worthing
Glatting Beacon and Bignor Hill - 8.5km
Slindon Park and Estate - 3.25km
Climping Beach - 1.75km
Amberley - 5.5km
Arundel and Swanbourne Lake - 6.5km
Burpham - 7.75km
Storrington and Kithurst Hill - 6km
Bramber and Annington Hill - 10km

Crawley, Horsham and Haywards Heath
Rusper and the River Mole - 7.5km
Tilgate Park - 3.5km
East Grinstead and Weir Wood Reservoir - 12km
Leechpool and Owlbeech Woods - 3km
West Hoathly and the Gravetye Estate - 6km
Ardingly - 5.5km
Bolney and Warninglid - 8km
Scaynes Hill - 6km