Walks you can reach from Barming by train
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East Malling Station to Maidstone East Station (Kent)
3m direct from Barming.
19km. 4h30.
Orchards, coppiced woodland, water meadows, riverside paths, low hills, and pedestrianised town centre. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
East Malling Station Circular (Kent)
3m direct from Barming.
16km. 4h.
Orchards, coppiced woodland, water meadows, low hills, river valley, and woodland nature park. Can be muddy.
An alternative variant of West Malling Circular – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
East Malling Station to East Farleigh Station (Kent)
3m direct from Barming.
14km.
Orchards, coppiced woodland, water meadows, riverside paths, and low hills. Can be muddy.
A shorter variant of East Malling to Maidstone – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
East Malling Station to West Malling Station (Kent)
3m direct from Barming.
18km. 4h30.
Orchards, coppiced woodland, water meadows, low hills, river valley, parkland, and market town. Can be muddy.
A shorter variant of West Malling Circular – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Aylesford Station to Maidstone East Station (Kent)
4m direct from Barming.
19km. 4h30.
River meadows, chalk downland, wooded North Downs escarpment, open hilltop, farmland, riverside towpath, and country park. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
West Malling Station to Maidstone East Station (Kent)
4m direct from Barming.
21km. 5h.
Orchards, country park, coppiced woodland, water meadows, riverside paths, low hills, and pedestrianised town centre. Can be muddy.
A longer variant of East Malling to Maidstone – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
West Malling Station Circular via River Medway (Kent)
5m direct from Barming.
20km. 5h.
Orchards, coppiced woodland, water meadows, low hills, river valley, parkland, and market town. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
West Malling Station to East Farleigh Station (Kent)
5m direct from Barming.
17km.
Orchards, country park, coppiced woodland, water meadows, riverside paths, and low hills. Can be muddy.
A variant of East Malling to Maidstone – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Borough Green & Wrotham Station to Sevenoaks Station (Kent)
15m direct from Barming.
16km. Moderate ascents. 4h30–7h30.
An essential walk! Greensand hills, apple orchards, woodland paths, streams, deer park, open parkland, and historic manor grounds. Mostly secluded. Can be muddy.
Highlights: Ightham Mote (14th century manor; a visit easily fits into a walk schedule), Knole House (enormous aristocratic estate, associated with the Bloomsbury Group; well worth a visit but consumes a day in itself), and Knole Park.
Lunch stops: the Plough (2h–3h in), or Ightham Mote café (2h–3h30 in).
End-of-walk rewards: the Chequers, the Restoration, or the Sennockian.
Yalding Station to Borough Green & Wrotham Station (Kent)
15m direct from Barming.
16km. 5h.
River Medway start, open fields, deer-fenced woodland, Kentish Weald countryside, vast managed woods, bluebell woodland valleys, orchard edges, and small villages. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Hollingbourne Station Circular via Hollingbourne Meadows (Kent)
15m direct from Barming.
15km. 4h.
Open farm fields, North Downs ridge, chalk grassland, woodland, parkland, moated castle grounds, and meadows. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Lenham Station to Hollingbourne Station (Kent)
15m direct from Barming.
14km. 4h30.
North Downs footpaths, little-used field paths, rape seed fields, and woods. Can be overgrown.
A longer variant of Lenham to Charing – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.