Heartsmart Walks, Chichester District Council

Chichester District Council’s Heartsmart walks are available to book a week in advance at chichester.gov.uk/ heartsmart and include:

•Easter Sunday (April 9), 10.30am: Binsted woods. A four-mile mainly flat headland path, grass, gravel. Meet: Walberton Village Hall car park, The Street, Walberton.

•Tuesday (April 11), 11am: Midhurst Jubilee Walk & South Pond. A one-and-a-halfmile walk around Midhurst at a gentle pace passing interesting historic buildings along the way. Meet: The Grange Leisure Centre, Bepton Road.

•Wednesday (April 12), 10.30am: Cocking. A six-anda-half-mile ramble along the paths of West Dean woods. A moderately strenuous longer walk with some steep gradients. Will be muddy if it has rained recently. Meet: Cocking Hill car park.

•Thursday (April 13), 10.30am: Petworth via Shimmings Valley. A three-mile walk to see “Little Switzerland", as the locals call the beautiful Shimmings Valley (east side of Petworth). A long upwards slope to Lover's Lane and Brinksole Heath (see the best sign in Sussex), and return via Byworth, crossing the Haslingbourne stream and back via Virgin Mary Spring. Some uneven ground at the end. Meet: Petworth Library, Rosemary Lane, High Street.

•Thursday (April 13), 10am: Wisborough Green. A six-and-a-half-mile walk up Harsfold Lane over the Wey and Arun Canal to Lee Place then via bridleways and footpaths to Lordings Lock. A walk with uphill and downhill parts, six stiles, one fence. Meet: Park at the green in the laybys.

•Thursday (April 13), 10.30am: Iping, Stedham and Woolbeding. A longer walk of more than six miles with stiles, taking in Iping and Stedham Commons and the River Rother. No dogs. Meet: Iping Common car park.

•Next Friday (April 14), 10.30am: Stansted: Walk 5. A four-mile walk west along The Avenue to Rowlands Castle. Meet: Stansted House Garden Centre car park.