1066 Country Walk

Long-distance footpath in East Sussex, England February 2025 February 2018 1066 Country Walk Signpost to Battle on the 1066 Country Walk.jpg A signpost pointing to Battle on the 1066 Country Walk England Long-distance trail 31 The 1066 Country Walk is a waymarked long-distance footpath or recreational walk in Southern England. It runs for 50 km. The route commemorates 1066, the year of the Battle of Hastings, and seeks to link the places and the people of that important year. It runs through East Sussex from Pevensey, where William of Normandy gathered his invading army of Normans and prepared to meet King Harold, to Rye, East Sussex, passing through Battle, East Sussex. The walk is mainly low level and passes through rolling countryside beside oast houses, windmills and parts of the South Downs. It links with the Saxon Shore Way. External links Long Distance Walkers Association entry Further reading The 1066 Country Walk Book official guide by Brian Smailes. Challenge Publications 1-903568-00-5 50.819087 0.334219 inline Category:Long-distance footpaths in England Category:Footpaths in East Sussex Category:Norman conquest of England Category:William the Conqueror Category:Southern England