View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Horsted Keynes

View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Horsted Keynes

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View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Horsted Keynes

02:38

54.8km

720m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

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High Weald National Landscape

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Start point

Bus stop

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10.4 km

Crowborough Road, Ashdown Forest

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is one of my top three favourite roads in the Ashdown Forest. It provides some fantastic views over the surrounding Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and it has some nice lumps and curves for added interest. Sometimes there are sheep roaming the road between the cattle grids, helping to slow the traffic down.

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13.3 km

View of Ashdown Forest

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Whichever way you've come up to get here you'll have done some climbing, so make sure to enjoy the epic views out over the High Weald and Ashdown Forest. Especially if you came up Kidd's Hill (the Wall), one of the top 100 UK climbs. Usually quiet, with a great road surface, it's a cycling paradise.

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14.7 km

Kidd's Hill (The Wall) Climb from Coleman's Hatch

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Kidd’s Hill, otherwise known as the Wall, is the hardest climb in the Ashdown Forest. It’s straight, steep and keeps on going. The climb ends shortly after the road emerges from the tree line and there are some rewarding views to to the northeast.

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20.8 km

Cotchford Hill

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This is a long hill that sits next to the more famous Kidd's Hill (also known as 'The Wall'), personally I prefer the short sharp shock of the wall but this is also quite a nice climb.

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26.3 km

View of Old Lodge Nature Reserve from Ashdown Forest

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One of the best viewpoints in the Ashdown Forest - the outlook is to the west over Old Lodge Nature Reserve and other heathland and light woodland of Winnie the Pooh country.

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26.5 km

Black Hill

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Recommend this place,. Nice scenic. Can be busy at rush hours

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43.4 km

Coleman's Hatch Road – View of Ashdown Forest

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Coleman's Hatch Road, also known as the Ridge Road, provides a long gentle slope with great Ashdown Forest views looking over Broadstone Warren and Forest Row towards the London Basin.

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43.5 km