[1] Exit the station (TQ027118), cross the road and turn right along the pavement. After about 500m, cross the road again and turn right up the lane called High Titten. As you ascend, you’ll have glimpses through the hedge on the right of the museum’s site below. Over to the left, Amberley village and castle can be seen. Further up, another lane joins from the left and soon after this you leave the road along a bridleway on the left (the South Downs Way) that ascends Amberley Mount – quite a climb but with ever-improving views to the east and north, notably over Amberley Wild Brooks. The route is very straightforward for the next few miles as you simply keep ahead along the crest of the Downs, ignoring all tracks to the left and right. From the top of Amberley Mount, the gradient eases as you continue along the gently undulating track over Rackham Hill (Parham House and Park can be seen down to the left) and Springhead Hill to the Kithurst Hill car park. Another car park is reached about a mile further on by the Chantry Post.
[2] Turn right through the gate and follow the track gently downhill (with a fence on your right) towards Harrow Hill. Having gone through another gate, the track bears right and continues down, bearing right at a junction past a barn. Continue along the farm drive, passing Lee Farm and ignoring a track to the left. Further on, having passed a turn for a bridleway on your left, you reach a T-junction.
[3] Turn right and very soon fork left along a footpath, following the track as it curves round to the left. In the distance, Arundel Castle can be seen. When the chalk track curves left, keep ahead on the grass. Burpham can be seen down to the right. At a junction, bear right then left and follow the path downhill, joining a drive that leads to the road.
[4] Turn right and soon left down a drive, then right along a footpath and half-left to a junction. Cross the stile and bear right down the steps. Cross a footbridge and carry on to the road. Turn right and then left at the junction. Pass the pub on your left and church on your right and follow the lane round to the right. At Peppering Farm, turn right then left at the next junction to Peppering High Barn. Continue along the bridleway heading north, keeping left at a fork to join a rough lane.
[5] Carry on down the lane, going over the railway line and forking right down a bridleway to Stoke Road. Turn right then left along a footpath to the riverbank, and right to Houghton Bridge. Turn right along the road back to the station.