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Cowdray Ruins Bridge – Cowdray Heritage Ruins loop from South Ambersham

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United Kingdom
England
South East England
West Sussex
Chichester
Graffham

Cowdray Ruins Bridge – Cowdray Heritage Ruins loop from South Ambersham

Moderate

4.8

(5)

17

hikers

Cowdray Ruins Bridge – Cowdray Heritage Ruins loop from South Ambersham

03:27

13.2km

100m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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South Downs National Park

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

1.43 km

Disused Railway Line Through Heyshott Common

Highlight • Trail

Not marked as a public right of way on OS, this looks like an excellent and well used track.

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2

4.69 km

View of Cowdray Ruins

Highlight • Castle

3

5.09 km

Midhurst Castle

Highlight • Castle

4

5.43 km

Cowdray Ruins Bridge

Highlight • Monument

This beautiful 18th century stone bridge carries the causeway leading to the ruins of Cowdray mansion over the River Rother. The bridge is a Grade II* listed structure.

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5

5.48 km

Cowdray Heritage Ruins

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The Cowdray Heritage Ruins are one of England’s most important early Tudor houses and Cowdray is known to have been visited by both King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I. …

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6

6.33 km

Dante Statue by South Pond

Highlight • Monument

Good breakfast and lunch sunny court yard outside the church. Excellent biker stop.

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7

6.45 km

South Pond, Midhurst

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South pond is a historic and scenic pond in Midhurst, West Sussex, England. It is fed by two streams that were once the boundaries of Saxon settlements, and it forms …

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8.56 km

Dunford Roughs

Forest

9

10.1 km

Starve Acre Copse

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B

13.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.12 km

2.59 km

1.99 km

391 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.38 km

2.71 km

1.30 km

893 m

880 m

< 100 m

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