Brede has a good number of footpaths and ESCC do their best to keep them open. A fantastic new resource, an online definitive map is now available at the ESCC website. There is also a zoomable online OS Map here but that is not the definitive map.
Sussex Ramblers and Rother Ramblers organise local walks and more details can be found at their respective sites. There is also an active Sussex Young Walkers Group for those aged between 25 and 45
If you find that a path has been blocked or diverted, please report it as soon as possible to ESCC Footpaths Officers:
Rights of Way and Countryside Management team
County Hall,
St Anne's Crescent,
Lewes,
East Sussex BN7 1SG
Phone: 0345 60 80 193
Email Rights of Way
A list of all current temporary closures is maintained by ESCC on their website - these are permitted closures, rather than obstructed paths.
By law, farmers are allowed to overplough paths, but must within 14 days make good the surface and indicate clearly the line of the path, so as to make it reasonably convenient for the public to use the right of way. The restoration of the surface must extend over a minimum width of:
- 1 metre for a cross-field path
- 1.5 metres for a headland path (though it should not be necessary for these to be ploughed at all)
- 2 metres for a cross-field bridleway
- 3 metres for a field-edge bridleway
- 3 metres for any carriageway
