Maps
Lewes Town Cycling Map
3rd Edition
Local cyclists have produced this map to share their knowledge of quieter roads, traffic-free paths and short cuts that can make cycling in and around Lewes more fun – for school, work and shopping as well as for leisure.
With its narrow roads, hills and a historic street pattern Lewes can be challenging for cyclists. This Lewes Town map highlights the best two-wheeled routes across the town and the surrounding areas. It features historic buildings and attractions as well as the locations of parks, schools, hospital and bike racks. Also shown are hazard points at junctions where extra care is needed and double arrows pointing downwards on steep hills.
The solid red lines denote recommended on-road routes through town, while designated cycle paths and other surfaced off-road routes are shown with broken red lines, and unsurfaced off-road routes with solid green lines. In places there are short link sections where you may have to wheel your bike: these are shown with red dots.
Note the map is not to scale: the central area is deliberately enlarged for clarification.
More cycle paths are in planning and under construction and a 4th edition version of this map is coming soon.
A hard copy version of this map is available from the Lewes Tourist Information Office.
Lewes Country Routes Map
3rd Edition
This part of Sussex has access to some outstanding cycling country. The Lewes Country Routes map, which has been put together by local cyclists, shows connections out to the wonderful network of country lanes, bridleways and cycle paths over the South Downs, the banks of the River Ouse, the coast and up to the Weald.
Four recommended leisure routes are shown, numbered 1 to 4, with directions given for each one. They can be managed in an hour or two, and are a mixture of on-road and off-road. White dots denote designated cycle paths and other surfaced off-road routes.
This area has one of the largest networks of off-road cycling on bridleways, particularly on the South Downs, although not all bridleways are easy to manage on a bike. This map selects the more rideable off-road routes, which are marked with broken red lines.
One way of avoiding cycling out of Lewes it to take the train to a country station such as Southease, Berwick or Glynde.
More cycle paths are in planning and under construction. These include a surfaced route parallel to the A27 between Firle and Polegate, which will give scope for numerous new leisure rides. It is also now possible to ride along a bridleway south from Lewes, past Rise Farm, to Iford. A 4th edition version of this map is coming soon and will show these routes.
A hard copy version of this map is available from the Lewes Tourist Information Office.
Other map resources
East Sussex County Council also have some useful online map resources, Cycling routes and maps