Dog Friendly Walks in West Sussex

A dog friendly West Sussex circular through one of Europe's finest yew forests, climbing through Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve to Bronze Age burial mounds with sweeping South Downs views.

A punchy climb to a distinctive hilltop beech ring with atmospheric views, short enough for an evening walk but feels properly remote.

A climb to the highest point in south-east England with a Victorian tower and sweeping views over the Surrey Hills.

A dog friendly easy circular from Midhurst's old town along the River Rother through National Trust Woolbeding parkland and back across riverside meadows.

A dog friendly flat circular around the RSPB Pagham Harbour reserve, with salt marsh, mudflat birdlife, the wader-rich Sidlesham Quay and views across the harbour to the sea.

A dog friendly South Downs Way short stretch from the chalk village of Amberley over the Arun crossing to the watercress beds at Houghton, returning along the river or by train.

A dog friendly West Sussex circular linking the Weald & Downland Living Museum's open-air historic village with the beech woodland of Charlton Forest on the South Downs.

A chalk escarpment descent into extraordinary Arun Valley fenland — the Wild Brooks carry one of the most distinctive wetland smells in Sussex, with big birds, raised paths, and seasonal floods.

The largest Iron Age hillfort in Sussex — a massive chalk plateau above Worthing with 8.2 km of escarpment and valley walking, and a rabbit-rich interior that most dogs find irresistible.

Capability Brown's finest deer park preserved in its 18th-century form with ancient oaks and a fallow deer herd — leads required throughout, but a remarkable landscape even from a lead.

A ridge-to-valley-to-pub circuit from the dramatic dry valley of Devil's Dyke, with big Weald views on the way out and the Shepherd and Dog in Fulking on the way back.

Ancient High Weald woodland east of Horsham with iron-industry hammer ponds and heavy clay soil — a quiet, atmospheric forest walk at its best in dry conditions.