Cycling Breaks
We offer cycle breaks - cycling clubs and sports groups are welcome (special group rates are available).
Cycling friendly facilities include:
- free secure bike storage with unobstructed
entrance
- drying room facilities - just hand whatever you need drying to
reception
- provision of maps and route details
- packed lunches available
- breakfast available from 08:00am
- dinner served until 08:00pm
- hot drinks available from 08:00am to 11:00pm
These facilities are available upon request with pre-arrangement and are subject to availability. Please let us know what you need when you make your reservation.
Cycle hire can be arranged through the hotel. Details of the nearest cycle repair shop can be obtained from Reception.
Getting to Us
The key cycle routes approaching Eastbourne are the National Cycle
Network Routes 21 and 89. A map showing these routes is shown on the
Sustrans website.
Cycling in East Sussex
With the freedom of a bike, the otherwise hidden
corners of East Sussex are accessible, in addition to escaping the traffic
congestion, parking problems and and timetables. There's a route, site
or terrain to suit one and all.
The South Downs Way dates back over 8,000 years to the Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age and follows the old routes and droveways along the chalk escarpment and ridges of the South Downs. The undulating route provides a wonderful trip for long distance riders. The South Downs Way is only .9 of a mile from the New Wilmington.
The Cuckoo Trail provides a 13 mile (21 km) traffic-free route linking the Sussex Downs and the Weald.
The High Weald is a wonderful place with an amazing network of paths (2395 km), as well as lots of countryside sites owned by organisations such as the National Trust, RSPB, Woodland Trust and Forestry Commission. There are 3 cycle routes along disused railway lines, 2 National Cycle Network (NCN) routes and 2 large countryside sites which have been developed for cyclists.
Cuckmere Haven is a great place to explore, particularly along the spectacular meanders of the Cuckmere River and is part of the Seven Sisters Country Park.
All of these wonderful places provide lots of opportunities to explore the area's rolling hills, abundent woodlands, open heaths, scattered farmsteads and sunken route ways.
Photo of the Sussex countryside kindly provided by Eastbourne Tourism Department.
Join our Guest Club and you will receive a 5% discount on our
standard rates. We will also send you advance notice of special events and
exclusive special offers. Guest Club membership is free and you can
unsubscribe at any time.
To sign up, visit the
Guest Club page.
For all special offers, our normal supplements apply, offers are subject
to availability and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers or
discounts. We regret that offers cannot be applied to existing bookings.
The New Wilmington Hotel
25-27 Compton Street, Eastbourne,
East Sussex, BN21 4DU
T: 01323 721219
F: 01323 746255
E: info@new-wilmington-hotel.co.uk