What to do · Brighton and the Seven Sisters
Birling Gap, the beach below the cliffs
Information
- Price
- Free; parking £2 for the first hour, £8 for over two hours
- Duration
- 1 h
- Season
- All year
- Who it's for
- All ages; 50 steps down to the beach
- With a dog
- On a lead on the beach, in the shop and the café, according to the National Trust
The only place on the Seven Sisters where you can easily get down to the sea: a staircase of 50 steps leads to a shingle beach below the cliffs, with rock pools exposed at low tide. Above, the National Trust has a café, a shop and a viewpoint.
Parking is paid (£2 for the first hour, £8 if you stay over two). Dogs can go on a lead on the beach and in the shop and café. From here you can walk the most photographed stretch of the path in an hour, heading west along the cliff tops. Check the tide table before going down.
With young childrenAs a familyWith teenagersWith a dog
