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Please follow the
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all times.
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ROTTINGDEAN
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Rudyard Kipling first stayed in
Rottingdean with his aunt Georgiana and
Edward Burne-Jones at Prospect Cottage as
a boy and his own son John was born there
in 1897. The young family then rented The
Elms until 1902 before moving to Burwash.
Well known pieces written while Kipling lived
in the village include The Just So Stories, Kim,
Recessional and Stalky and Co.
ROTTINGDEAN
in the footsteps
of Kipling
and Company
buses.co.uk nationalrail.co.uk
,
Parking, W.C s, and refreshments in
Rottingdean Village and on the seafront
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The Grange 9 was home to the artist
William Nicholson 1909 to 1914.
South Downs Walks
TRANSIT INFORMATION
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Whiteway Lane 8 was once
the route for 17th and 18th century
smugglers whisking their goods out of
,
the village and inspiring Kipling s
The Smuggler ,s Song:
Five and twenty ponies
trotting through the dark,
Brandy for the Parson, 'baccy for the Clerk.
Laces for a lady, letters for a spy,
Watch the wall, my darling,
while the Gentlemen go by!
God gives all men all earth to love,
but, since man's heart is small,
ordains for each one spot shall prove
beloved over all.
Each to his choice, and I rejoice
The lot has fallen to me
In a fair ground - in a fair ground Yea, Sussex by the sea!
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The lost village of Balsdean 4 was
800 years old when Canadian soldiers
used it for target practice in WW2,
leaving little to see today except a
,
plaque marking the chapel s altar.
,
A Rifle Range at Lustrell s Vale 6
was started during the Boer War by
Kipling who was concerned about the
lack of training and preparedness of
local youth.
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Bazehill Road 2 was the route
taken by the Kiplings in their pony cart
up to the motherly Downs for jamsmeared picnics.
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with more info at: www.kiplingfestivalrottingdean.co.uk
Others who have found inspiration roaming
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’
the whale-backed Downs around
Rottingean include writers Virginia Woolf,
Katherine Mansfield, DH Lawrence, Oscar
Wilde, Enid Bagnold and Angela Thirkell,
artists William and Ben Nicholson, Paul Nash,
Aubrey Beardsley and William Morris - while
movie stars like Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Cary
Grant and Julie Andrews enjoyed stays at
the Tudor Close Hotel. Following in their
footsteps with the wide sky above and the
pewter sea below may bring to mind
,
Kipling s personal tribute to the Downs:
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Notes on the walk
www.rottingdeanpreservationsociety.org.uk
www.southdowns.gov.uk
SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK
ILLUSTRATION: [email protected] ORIGINATION: [email protected]
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TRAIL: 3 miles
ALLOW: 2 hours
PATH: Mix of Road, Track and Grassland
Easy with moderate inclines, rolling Downs,
muddy in places
DIRECTIONS AND POINTS OF INTEREST
1 From the War Memorial and Village Green
,
cross the road to St. Margaret s church, turn
left and walk two streets up to
2 Bazehill Road. Turn right and follow uphill as
the road becomes a single lane and leads to
3 Panoramic views of the open downland,
coastline, racecourse, windmill and the
English Channel.
4 The route dips, revealing the beautiful
Balsdean Valley, then halfway down
3
5 Take a right turn, through a gate opposite a
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farm track. Go south along the grass path,
through a second gate, and along the edge
of the field, on the far side of the
Balsdean Farm buildings. Go through a third
gate, walk straight through more open
farmland with views toward Saltdean.
6 At the bottom of the fields the path cuts
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between two houses and out onto
Bishopstone Road.
,
Look left down into Lustrell s Vale where
Kipling set up a training rifle range in 1898.
8 Turn right onto Whiteway Lane leading
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back down to the village and at the bottom
turn right
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_ _ _ Footpath
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9 at The Grange, once the vicarage, now the
Park
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Toilets
Parking
Bus stop
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Library, Art Gallery and Museum with Kipling
Room, and Visitor Information Point, turn
right to
,
Return to the War Memorial, facing Kiplng s
house, The Elms. Look left across The Green
to Prospect Cottage and Aubrey House
,
where Kipling s aunt Georgiana and Edward
Burne-Jones, the Pre-Raphaelite painter,
lived, worked and first welcomed Kipling to
the village.