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Cissbury Ring

Photo of Cissbury Ring, a hillfort near Findon in the South Downs, West Sussex, south east England.

Cissbury Ring

© Stefan Czapski / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Stefan Czapski / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cissbury Ring

Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Cissbury Ring is one of four hillforts the Albion Guide maps in West Sussex. The surrounding countryside is part of the South Downs National Park. For arrivals by rail, Worthing Station is 4.8 km to the south.

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More at the National Heritage List entry

More places to visit near Cissbury Ring

Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.Iconic

South Downs

You’re inside itNational Park near Fittleworth

A chalk ridge rolling from Winchester to the sea cliffs at Beachy Head.

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

0.7 km N · spans 14 counties

Photo of High Salvington Windmill, a windmill in West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

High Salvington Windmill

Windmill near High Salvington

A restored open-trestle post mill of around 1750 on the Downs edge above Worthing, milling on selected open days.

2.1 km SW

Photo along the South Downs Way, a 100-mile National Trail running from Winchester to Eastbourne, south east England.

South Downs Way

National Trail

A hundred miles of chalk ridge from Winchester to the sea at Eastbourne, walkable in a week.

2.8 km E · West Sussex, East Sussex & Hampshire

Photo of Steyning, a village in West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Steyning

Village

A market town of timber-framed houses and a long high street, set below the Downs at the foot of the Adur gap.

4.9 km NE · West Sussex

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

5.7 km S · spans 24 counties