Immediately after Dyke Lane House, a half-timbered house on the left, turn left onto the signed bridleway along Dyke Lane. Follow the lane between properties and then keep ahead on the narrow stone path through the tunnel of trees. At the top of the slope you will come to a fork in the path, with a National Trust sign alongside.
Keep right here and the path leads you steeply uphill via a flight of steps. Take care as the steps are fairly uneven and can be slippery. At the top of the first flight of steps you will see a kissing gate on the right. Pass through this and continue up more steep steps. As you emerge from the trees the gradient becomes less steep and you will have glorious views to the right.
On clear days you will easily to able to make out the chalk ridge of the North Downs. Follow the narrow chalk ridge path, taking care as the slope down to the right is very steep. Some way along you will reach a fork, keep right staying on the main chalk ridge path climbing steadily. Towards the top, the path swings left to reach a kissing gate.
Take time to appreciate the views from here. Keep ahead for a short distance further to reach the car park and pub where the walk began. The walk starts and finishes from the National Trust car park alongside the Devil's Dyke pub.
Leave the A27 at the junction signed for A to Hove. At the first fork keep left signed for Devil's Dyke. Ignore the small car parks off this road, simply keep ahead until you reach a sharp right-hand bend with a side road branching ahead. Take this side road and you will come to the pub and car park ahead. Note: there are car park spaces on both sides of the pub. Reviews Sort by:. Pamita Rao. September 18, Kathy Hooren.
September 11, Bianca Donnelly. August 30, Catherine Kinsella. Naomi Woods. August 25, Fab walk, no public loos at the moment tho! Jade Rowswell. July 17, Walking Great! Rachel D. July 13, July 10, Tony Machacek. June 9, Good short walk with some testing elevation both up and down.
Shuaib Baig. May 31, Hiking Great! May 2, Lovely views at 6am. Christine Hodges. March 1, Went clockwise which meant we went down the steep steps to Poynings. February 20, Julian Pigera.
November 29, Laetitia Delmer. November 22, Amelia Jessie. November 16, Walking Muddy. Matthew Harrington. November 14, Easy little drive from london. Nice bit height for views. Rate it. Claude Lester. Shane Tierney. November 8, September 4, Emily Hillman. August 31, Olga Agent. August 20, August 8, Tegan Taylor. August 2, Lewis Andrew. July 4, Hiking Muddy.
Nice walk, very steep towards end with lots of steps! Worth while though. Lauren Tait. June 14, There's much of archaeological interest throughout the route, and the county council occasionally runs guided walks to highlight the archaeology of the the Dyke - there are also seven information boards dotted along it. A huge amount of wildlife should be apparent on the open chalk landscape - including rare species of butterflies Chalkhill Blues , flowers and birds.
Don't expect a mighty forest: Reach Wood was planted by the Woodland Trust but is not yet established. The trees have struggled due to the poor drought-prone soil - however, progress is apparently being made.
One local legend describes how the devil came uninvited to a wedding perhaps at Reach church and was, as a result, chased away by the unimpressed guests. In anger he stormed off and formed the groove of Devil's Dyke with his fiery tail. Happily, the Dyke's End pub that is right next to the end of this walk comes highly recommended and also serves food - and if you need some sustenance during the walk, the Red Lion en route at Swaffham Prior serves real ales and good food, and has an extensive beer-garden.
Horse racing's HQ Newmarket is only about five miles to the east, so you could wile away a few hours at the Horse Racing Museum open daily from April-October but not Mondays.
Interestingly, the town has two race courses situated on Newmarket Heath, the Rowley Mile and the July Course - and these courses are separated by the Devil's Dyke. From the car park by Dyke's End pub in village of Reach at north-west end of Devil's Dyke , walk through two sets of gates alongside recreation ground. Walk along base of dyke until you reach fence; climb to top of dyke and turn left.
Ignoring paths to left and right, continue along top. Continue along top of dyke - you will have panoramic views to Burwell and Swaffham Prior. Carefully cross B and continue for one mile. Now look for well-disguised steps down to meadow on right-hand side of dyke.
Go down and walk across to stile on far side of meadow. Keep the field boundary on your right and continue for metres to reach a track grid ref. Turn right along the clear track to reach Great Lane grid ref. Turn left along the lane. Where the lane bends right keep straight ahead onto the Barston Drove track. Stay on this track as it turns to the southeast reaching Swaffham Road grid ref.
TL after a mile of easy walking. Turn right along Swaffham Road initially using the grass verge and then a pavement towards the village centre of Swaffham Prior. Keep straight ahead at the junction with Rogers Road and after 25 metres take the signed footpath grid ref. TL on your left just before the Beeches. Follow this footpath as it turns right to exit on Cage Hill grid ref.
Turn left along Cage Hill to the crossroads with the B With care, go straight across into Heath Road. Take the first signed footpath on the left, up steps grid ref. Continue on this path for just over a mile eastwards to reach the Devil's Ditch grid ref. Turn left and follow the clear path along the Dyke.
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