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Quite a small car park, 2m height barrier - free! If you carry on the track past the car park entrance there is actually a handful of other spaces just beofe the train crossing, but very tight down there and not much room to move/turn!
Nice and flat, and either conrecte paths or grassy/mussy paths until you get to the pebble beach.
Near the estuary you'll find a nice bit of flat sand by the shore but only at very low tide.
One general bin in the car park
Fun to see the huge cross-channel ferry's coming into Newhaven port. A clearly well cared for historical site around the ruins too with lots of informative info boards.
Head down the road going left coming out of the car park, and cross over the train tracks (on lead as manual crossing) and you come to the flint ruins of the former houses of the long gone community. There's not a lot left but you can see remains of many of the walls, and it's a fascinating area with lots of info boards around if you want to find out more.
Soon you'll get to a cross roads in the path juts before the creek which is the site of the former mill. If you go straight you're pretty much at the beach. We went right here though, and takes you on a nice little path beside the creek. It's narrow in parts but at time of visiting must have just been cut back so nice not to have to wade through long grass and brambles at all! Some parts here do go close to the railway - fenced of course but just in case you have a nervous dog be aware.
You walk under the overpass, and soon there's a footbridge on your left. Go left at the end and here you can explore more of the nature reserve or go down to the beach.
We went down to the beach, at very low tide there was a small section of sand down by the estuary but really is a completley pebble beach. It was really nice though as even on a sunny summer's day it wasn't busy at all, and even though there's not a lot of sand to run freely on it's a lovely place to explore, and the sea was a beautiful colour!
Once you've had enough of the pebbles you can head back up and walk along the nature reserve which is much flatter and easier underfoot before finding the old mill site again where you can walk back up to the car park.
