Updated hike: Arundel Circular ~22km

⚠️## IMPORTANT UPDATE ##⚠️

Hello everyone,
Due to the rail incident near Lewes, we have cancelled the Seven Sisters hike and replaced it with a circular hike around Arundel.
Everyone is welcome to join. Arundel is on a different railway line and should hopefully be less affected. Those on group tickets, please check the group ticket event. If further disruption occurs at London Victoria on Saturday morning, we will decide on an alternative route.

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📈 Grade: 🥾🥾🥾🥾Level 4/5 Difficult

ABOUT
We begin along the River Arun, looking out for summer wildlife and birdlife before heading through open fields towards Burpham and Rackham Hill, with wide countryside views. After descending towards Amberley, we return to the river along narrow footpaths before continuing through Arundel Park and past Swanbourne Lake. The walk finishes in historic Arundel, where you can explore the town, enjoy a café or pub. The route includes riverside paths, hills, fields, woodland, narrow trails and some boggy ground (in winter), offering a varied hike.
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OVERVIEW
Distance: Approx. 22 km
Difficulty: Moderate
Ascent/Descent: 338 m / 337m
Average pace: 5km per hour.
Walking Time: Approximately 5 hours
Total Duration (including breaks): Around 6 hours
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FOOD AND FACILITIES🍔🚻
Lunch: Please bring a packed lunch.
Facilities: A café, toilets and pub are available at Amberley railway station, where we stop for Lunch.
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⚠️ TERRAIN:
Riverside paths, hills, fields, woodland, narrow trails, offering a varied hike.
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🚂 TRAINS from London

• Ticket: Return from London Victoria → Arundel. For the group saver ticket, click HERE

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📍 OPTIONAL GROUP TRAVEL FROM LONDON
AdrianB will be at the meeting point with the group tickets

08:00 – Meet at the London Victoria ticket office and check train availability for Arundel.
08:15 – Walk to the platform and board the train.
08:35 – Train departs London Victoria.
10:02 – Arrive at Arundel.
10:05 – Hike starts at Arundel railway station.
16:30 – Hike finishes in Arundel town centre.
Return trains from Arundel to London are scheduled for: 17:14, 17:45, 18:14 and 18:44.
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Riddle me:
Question: What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?
🍫🍫🍫If you know the answer, come tell me, and you will get a chocolate. The first three people will receive a chocolate.
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🎒WHAT TO BRING:
- Packed lunch, snacks, and sufficient water
- Suncream and sun hat
- Proper hiking gear
- Fully charged phone and power bank
- Camera if needed
- Personal medication and basic first aid
- Trekking poles recommended for slippery/steep ascents and descents
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📋 RSVP POLICY:
RSVP only if you plan to attend. If you can no longer make it, please update your RSVP as early as possible so others may join and organisers can plan fairly and safely. Repeated no-shows without prior notice may result in removal from the group or restrictions on future attendance.
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✅ WHO CAN JOIN
Adults aged 21 and over
No children
No pets
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👣 GROUP PACE & PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES
This is a friendly, social hike where we walk together and enjoy the experience as a group.
Please stay with the group rather than walking ahead independently, as the aim is to connect, share the journey, and help maintain safety and group cohesion.
Participants should choose events suitable for their fitness level and be able to maintain the advertised pace. The overall pace and schedule will not be adjusted for individuals.
A back marker may not always be present, so participants should keep others in sight and remain within a reasonable distance of the group.
To help keep the group together:

• Faster walkers should wait at junctions.
• If someone ahead is moving significantly slower, feel free to pass and remain with the main group.
• Organisers may pause at suitable points to regroup.

While reasonable efforts will be made to keep the group together, it is not practical or safe to stop frequently for individuals who are unable to maintain the required pace. In such cases, participants may need to continue at their own pace or make their own onward arrangements.
If you choose to move ahead of the group, fall significantly behind, or leave the group structure, you will be considered to be continuing independently and responsible for your own route, decisions, and safety. If you do so without informing an organiser, it will be assumed that you are managing independently.
By attending, you agree to follow these guidelines.
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CONTACT:
Message the event host, Saeideh or AdrianB, directly via Meetup with any questions.
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⚠️ DISCLAIMER
By joining, you confirm that you have read and accepted the group policy on the About page. You are responsible for your own safety. Neither the host nor the group can be held liable for injury, loss, or damage.