Wilmington Hill
Wilmington Hill is a Marilyn, 215m high, in the South Downs National Park, and also counts as a HuMP. The Marilyns are hills anywhere in Britain and Ireland with at least 150 metres of prominence, whatever their height.
Polegate is the nearest station, 2.3 mi (about 3 to 3.5 mi on foot), so the summit is within walking distance of the train. From Polegate it's about 1.5 hours to the summit, 1 in 19 on average. Berwick (Sussex) is next, 2.5 mi (about 3 to 3.5 mi on foot), and 15 stations are within 10 miles in all. The South Downs Way National Trail passes 0.2 mi away.
Stations within 10 miles of Wilmington Hill, nearest first. Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off. Times use Naismith's rule and don't include stops.
- Polegate2.3 mi (about 3 to 3.5 mi on foot) · 1.5 hours1 in 19 on average to the summitBronze walking rating
- Berwick (Sussex)2.5 mi (about 3 to 3.5 mi on foot) · 1.5 hours1 in 21 on average to the summitBronze walking rating
- Hampden Park (Sussex)3.7 mi (about 5 to 5.5 mi on foot) · 2 to 2.5 hours1 in 18 on average to the summit
- Eastbourne4.6 mi (about 6 to 6.5 mi on foot) · 2.5 to 3 hours1 in 22 on average to the summitBronze walking rating
- Seaford4.9 mi (about 6.5 to 7 mi on foot) · 2.5 to 3 hours1 in 25 on average to the summitBronze walking rating
- Bishopstone5.4 mi (about 7 to 8 mi on foot) · 3 hours to the summitBronze walking rating
- Pevensey & Westham5.6 mi (about 7.5 to 8 mi on foot) · 3 hours to the summit
- Newhaven Town6.3 mi (about 8 to 9 mi on foot) · 3.5 to 4 hours1 in 22 on average to the summitBronze walking rating
- Newhaven Harbour6.4 mi (about 8.5 to 9 mi on foot) · 3.5 hours to the summitBronze walking rating
- Pevensey Bay6.4 mi (about 8.5 to 9.5 mi on foot) · 3 to 3.5 hours to the summit
- Glynde6.5 mi (about 8.5 to 9.5 mi on foot) · 3.5 hours to the summitBronze walking rating
- Southease7.4 mi (about 9.5 to 10.5 mi on foot) · 4 to 4.5 hours1 in 21 on average to the summitSilver walking rating
- Southease - Piddinghoe Road7.9 mi (about 10.5 to 11.5 mi on foot) · 4.5 to 5 hours1 in 21 on average to the summitSilver walking rating
- Normans Bay8.5 mi (about 11 to 12.5 mi on foot) · 4 to 4.5 hours to the summit
- Lewes9.1 mi (about 12 to 13 mi on foot) · 4.5 to 5 hours to the summitBronze walking rating