Follow the B2141 Chichester road south from South Harting. The car park is on your left at the top of the hill.
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From the gate out of the car park there are two routes along the ridge. My preference is to take the southern right-hand path on the way out, as the views are slightly better.
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Climb to the top of the ridge then, ignoring all turnings, carry straight on to the corner of the field on the other side of the valley.
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Follow the path as it descends rapidly through the scrub.
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Carry on down to the bottom of the hill going through two sets of gates and into Bramshott Bottom, the valley with the signpost.
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About 50m after the second gate, turn right on to the path than runs diagonally across the floor of the valley ...
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... to join the farm track that rises steadily up the far side.
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Keep following this track, ignoring the side turning, ...
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... through the gate, ...
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... until you reach some woods. Turn left following the South Downs Way sign.
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The official footpath runs round the edge of the hill to the bottom of the next valley were you turn left and climb steeply to the top of Beacon Hill.
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However, if you dog-leg left and then right when you reach the indistinct remains of the Hill Fort walls, there is a well beaten path that leads direct to the summit, avoiding the steep climb.
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After passing the sleeping fairy, stop to take in the stupendous views from the summit, and then follow the path off to the left past the Trig Point.
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This soon drops steeply down the side of the hill into Bramshott Bottom, the valley with the signpost.
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From the signpost, the gradients on the northern right-hand path are slightly easier.
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Once you come out of the woods there is not much to choose between the two paths back to the car park.
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