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Dist:0.4km north<br/>Looking north where the road from Chalvington turns left and heads for Golden Cross. Sheepcote Lane which turns right is a dead end but follows the route of the track from [[TQ5411]] before ending at Semeston Croft [[TQ5309]] and becoming a track again until reaching Chalvington. The northern route has not become a road and meets up with the track seen in TQ5411 a mile or so east.
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Dist:0.7km east<br/>Many lanes and roads in this area of Sussex lead south to the pastures on the South Downs. With the arrival of the car many lanes were made up but some did not, lost their importance and now are bridleways or footpaths. This route begins deep in the Weald then heads south but stops at the A22, becoming a track until it reaches Chalvington Stud Farm before becoming a made up road again. What initially looks like a lane from the period of enclosures actually dates back to the Roman times. This view looks south and is taken the crossroads of tracks just south of the A22. See [[TQ5311]] for where the west track ends.
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Dist:0.8km north<br/>Can you spot the cunningly disguised mobile phone mast?
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Dist:0.8km north<br/>Looking towards Golden Cross. The round building to the left is this, [[177461]] whilst the big white building to the right is a caravan showroom. The straightness of the road indicates that it was made after the enclosure of the former common.
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Dist:0.8km north<br/>Only the roundhouse remains of the former windmill now converted into a residence.
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Dist:0.9km north<br/>The road in front is the A22. The village itself has grown up around a crossroad junction of routes.
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Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>This part of the Weald has been farmed since the Romans. Looking south west from Camberlot Wood.
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Dist:1.4km east<br/>A surviving track from the former Dicker Common which failed to become macadamised. The bridge to the left marks the start of the footpath to Chalvington Stud Farm. The former lane runs from Camberlot Road to Sheepcote Lane. Despite it being designated as a footpath it seems to be used by motor vehicles and horses.
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Dist:1.4km west<br/>The drive is in fact a bridleway that links Ripe with Deanland Road.
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Dist:1.4km southeast<br/>The footpath from Clover Farm to Chalvington Stud Farm follows its southern border.
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Dist:1.5km west<br/>A private angling pond next to the bridleway that links Ripe Lane with Broomhams. The building belongs to Deanland Airfield.
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Dist:1.5km southwest<br/>On the road that links Chalvington and Golden Cross.
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Dist:1.6km south<br/>Looking south just beyond Mount Pleasant Farm. This is the same lane from [[TQ5411]].
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Dist:1.6km north<br/>This part of the footpath begins at the A22 and heads towards Chiddingly.
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Dist:1.6km northeast<br/>Twin square kiln oast house. Unusual 'bottle-neck' roofs to kiln and red brick with grey header bricks to walls. Grade II listed http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=295018
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