A beautifully serene environment, quiet, far spaced from the rest of town, but quite a trek out…read morefrom the main Pier. -Would recommend a quiet jog or a walk with the dogs or a friend -Picturesque and a great place to enjoy your own thoughts -Be prepared for a long walk - at least 30min from the Brighton Palace Pier

One of Brighton's less well known treasures is the undercliff walk that starts by the Marina and…read moregoes 5km past Ovingdean and Rottingdean to Saltdean. It's excellent for an afternoon stroll or a cycle ride, and you can access the main coast road from any of the above-mentioned places, if you want to catch one of the frequent buses back to town. The walk is actually a sea-wall, built originally in the 1930s to prevent to erosion of the chalk cliffs. It has been rebuilt and enhanced many time since then, most recently after a series of cliff falls a few years ago. Walking along it - especially on a bright, sunny day - is almost a surreal experience. After a few minutes, you leave behind the sprawl of the modern Brighton Marina with its shops and flats with their legoland architecture, and experience the contrast of the dazzling white chalk cliffs, 25m high, on the one side, with the changing shore on the other: now rockpools, now shingle, now great rocks. The white of the cliffs and the concrete on a sunny day really can be overpowering - sunglasses are essential. As well as the stunning geology - all manner of fossils have been found in the cliffs - it is the nesting site for several types of birds, and the rock pools have the usual array of shore life. There are regular access points (steps) to the sea every 100m or so. There are small beaches at each of Ovingdean, Rottingdean and Saltdean, with a small cafe (and toilets) at Ovingdean. The pubs and shops of Rottingdean are a few minutes' walk from the path. There are no life guard facilities at any of the beaches, so swimming or paddling is at your own risk (plenty of people do it). The attraction is that the beaches are much quieter than those in central Brighton. Access via ramps (for wheelchairs, prams etc) is available at the Marina (next to Asda car park), Rottingdean and Saltdean, but not Ovingdean, where there is a long flight of steps. The slopes at Rottingdean are quite steep. Users are also advised to take care during storms, when the sea crashes over the sea wall!

With very little in the way of traffic and some of the most beautiful panoramic views of both the…read moresea and the downs this has to be one of my favourite skate spots. I discovered this road one "board" afternoon when I first moved to Sussex and was staying in Rottingdean. The road itself used to serve as access to and old water pumping station but is now nothing more than a residential road connecting two small farms and a house nestled away in the downs with the rest of the world. With the exception of a little gravel spilling out from a drive at the top and the odd pothole, midway down this run is something of a utopia for the retro short boarder. It's a three quarter mile straight run surrounded by soft grass verges and fields, that levels out for long enough to stop before becoming a kamikaze drop into a T junction. Remember to stop at the flat or you could get into some serious difficulties with gravity and automotive traffic. The only real draw backs to this place are that it's a little too narrow for long boarders to carve properly and if you get the wind behind you you're almost sure to carry too much speed for the short run off. Other than that it's a beautiful way to spend an adrenalin filled summers afternoon with plenty of time on the walk back up to the to to have a natter about how good the last run felt. Get pumped!!

For those familiar with the film 'Dogtown and Z-Boys' Bazehill Road will be a sight to behold: a…read morequarter-mile, straight, fairly smooth road with a gentle but effective gradient and safe run-off. It's really easy to find and it's pretty much unknown as a skate-spot. Fringed with fields and a sweeping panoramic of the coast it's one of the most beautiful spots there is. When the sky is blue and the wind is calm, Bazehill Road is always in my mind. I recommend you and your skater mates take a car, some short-boards and some tunes and head up to the most picturesque, easily accessible and perhaps safest run in Sussex. It doesn't reach white knuckle standards but it's massively satisfying.

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Kipling Gardens is situated right in the heart of Rottingdean next to the duck pond and the village…read moregreen. I personally would go so far as to say the Kipling Gardens is the heart of Rottingdean, with its' flint walls and red brick arched gateways the gardens are divided into six sections which include a chalk garden, rose garden and the only formal Croquet lawn in the city. As you wander the winding pathways through this perfect piece of conservation it's all too easy to imagine swathes of Baroque ladies complete with fans holding court in the shade of the well kept trees. The gardens are open all year but it's definitely best to take a turn around these spectacular lawns and beds in spring and summer as the plants will all be in bud or flower. This might only prove to be light entertainment to the hardcore botanists but to those with more of a light interest in horticulture and history this is feast for the imagination and senses.