[Travel] Amex to Ditchling?

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Sorry to start a thread on this rather specific topic (mods feel free to boot it), but I need some help.

I need to get from the Amex to Ditchling after the Chelsea game. I don't know if there's a bus or buses. I know there isn't a train to Ditchling! I guess I could book a taxi. Does anyone do this route and know the public transport secret formula please.

I won't have my car (normally travel up from Dorsetshire) - so it has to be public transport or a taxi.

 

[McTavish]

Train to Hassocks and then walk (half an hour) or get a cab.

 

[Jesus Gul]

It'd be a pleasant stroll of a summer evening. Cab probably best bet

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Brilliant - thank you. I'll walk from Hassocks!!

 

[Gwylan]

I have a mate who walks to and from the Amex from Hassocks - it's about a 90 minute walk, so perfectly achievable if you don't want a cab.

 

[Official Old Man]

Looking on Google maps, is there a short cut through Stanmer Park directly to Ditchling Road? Would cut out Coldean Lane and the hill.

 

[Diablo]

Brilliant - thank you. I'll walk from Hassocks!!

7.5 miles in 90 mins ? he must be young and fit.

 

[brighton terra]

Looking on Google maps, is there a short cut through Stanmer Park directly to Ditchling Road? Would cut out Coldean Lane and the hill.

It would cut out Coldean Lane, but not the hill!

 

[Bod]

Looking on Google maps, is there a short cut through Stanmer Park directly to Ditchling Road? Would cut out Coldean Lane and the hill.

Yes there are a number of bridleways that either go through the university or Stanmer Park.

 

[zefarelly]

Bicycle.
It'll take longer to get the train to Hassocks than to walk.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Train to Hassocks and then walk (half an hour) or get a cab.

Exactly this, l have a good friend in East End Lane, buses to/from Ditchling are almost non existant now, just the odd shopping bus a few days a week l think.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Depends on what you are doing in Ditchling after the game, if it’s acceptable to turn up covered in mud and sweat, by all means walk, but I think a cab maybe the better option

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Depends on what you are doing in Ditchling after the game, if it’s acceptable to turn up covered in mud and sweat, by all means walk, but I think a cab maybe the better option

I suspect in an upper class village like Ditchling, one would be expected to be wearing very smart attire, very smart indeed.

 

[Weststander]

I have a mate who walks to and from the Amex from Hassocks - it's about a 90 minute walk, so perfectly achievable if you don't want a cab.

I have a mate who walks to and from the Amex from Hassocks - it's about a 90 minute walk, so perfectly achievable if you don't want a cab.

Does he take a sherpa with him on the outbound ascent?

 

[Gwylan]

7.5 miles in 90 mins ? he must be young and fit.

It's 4.6 miles.

Falmer to Ditchling

www.google.com

He's not young but he's a mad walker - takes holidays to walk a couple of hundred miles.

 

[Diablo]

It's 4.6 miles.

Falmer to Ditchling

www.google.com

He's not young but he's a mad walker - takes holidays to walk a couple of hundred miles.

Thought we said Hassocks train station to the Amex which is a minimum of 6.4 miles Including the climb up Ditchling Beacon !!

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

It's 4.6 miles.

Falmer to Ditchling

www.google.com

He's not young but he's a mad walker - takes holidays to walk a couple of hundred miles.

Fair enough - if It’s just the walk back at least getting to the Beacon is gradual much of the way - I wouldn’t want to try it the other way - especially with WSU as well!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I suspect in an upper class village like Ditchling, one would be expected to be wearing very smart attire, very smart indeed.

Not sure standards are maintained in the Ditchling Common car park area.