8-9 September 2020 (one night)
Seven sisters country park – car park – we started here. Drove to this car park and then walked to the beach. About a two hour walk to the beach and back. Once you get to the beach you see parts of the dramatic seven sisters white chalk cliffs from the bottom. It’s a pebble beach, but here it’s all about the cliffs. After coming back to the car, we had a picnic just next to the car park – there are a few spaces on grass there. The weather was warm here and the more we walked the warmer it felt.
Beachy Head – after the picnic we drove ten minutes to this place. From here you get the top views of the cliffs. You can also see the famous lighthouse. The views from this viewpoint are more dramatic and impressive. The weather is drastically different. If at the bottom it was t-shirt weather, here it was fleece weather!
We wore normal/comfy trainers for this mini-trek of ours. However, if you are planning a proper hike/trek across the full 8 miles (which will take about 6 hours), please do plan and prepare accordingly and DO NOT USE THIS GUIDE.
Best Western Landsdowne hotel – Breakfast included – £146 for two rooms (after a booking.com genius discount). The location was perfect – right next to the beach, loads of amenities nearby, plenty of restaurants, and most importantly 13 min drive from desired destination. The breakfast was poor tbh (veg full English looked sad). There was parking right outside on the main road for free – they give you a temp permit. We arrived 30 mins early and strangely they didn’t let us check in – don’t have to, but would’ve been nice of them.
Tuk Tuk Indian restaurant 3 min drive / 10 min walk – a small Indian tapas spot. Halal, but do serve alcohol. It’s decent, nothing memorable. Check our instagram page for pictures.
Holiday Inn fish – there’s a few chippies in the area. This one was the best rated and it didn’t disappoint. Right outside the hotel.
Meze restaurant Turkish – this is another halal option – but we didn’t go. Within 10 mins walk.
Dickens Tea Cottage – a small quaint old school tea room where they do cream tea and other home cooked goodies. Supposedly Charles Dickens visited this place. We wanted to go, but in the end didn’t. This place is now closed.
