Walks you can reach from Cowden by train
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Woldingham to Oxted (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Cowden.
Highly recommended: A very beautiful and varied walk through woodland ridges, open chalk downland, picturesque villages. Crosses the M25 but not significantly marred by the noise. Mostly secluded.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Godstone (2h in)
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
4 lunch spots: Godstone (2h15 in) — the Hare & Hounds (not great; not bad), the Old Forge Deli, the White Hart, or the Bell
1 end-of-walk reward: the Oxted Inn
Warnings: Chalk paths can be slippery.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Crowborough Circular via Hornshurst Wood (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Cowden.
Recommended: Woodland, streams, meadows and bluebells.
Woodland: three quarters under tree cover.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: No lunch stops on route. Plenty of places to eat Crowborough itself.
Best months: in April (bluebell season).
Source: Trains2Green.
Eridge Circular via Groombridge (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Cowden.
Undulating High Weald, streams, meadows, sandstone outcrops, heathland, conifer-to-heathland nature reserve and woods.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Oxted Circular via Yalden Spring (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Cowden.
Wooded Greensand Ridge, heathland common, open parkland, valleys, escarpment views to North Downs and High Weald and historic market town.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ashurst to Eridge (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Cowden.
Low hills, steep-sided valleys, field edges, country lanes, wooded valleys, sandstone outcrops, heath and meadows.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hever to Leigh (Kent)
5 minutes direct from Cowden.
Undulating hills, open fields, beech woods, rivers, ponds, quaint villages and historic estates.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hurst Green to Sevenoaks (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Cowden.
Greensand ridge, chart hills, undulating woodland, commons, deer park, historic estates and suburban old town.
Toy's Hill (National Trust)
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep climbs.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Oxted to Hurst Green (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Cowden.
National Trust commons and woodland, plus pretty villages straddling the Surrey-Kent border; Limpsfield, Greensand Way, North Downs views.
Woodland: three fifths under tree cover.
Limpsfield Common (National Trust)
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy in places after rain.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Oxted to Lingfield (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Cowden.
Surrey Hills edge walk over fields and through woodland, including seasonal bluebell woods, with panoramic views.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Limpsfield Common (National Trust; 1h15 in)
Limpsfield Chart: Elevated wooded common on the Greensand Ridge.
Starborough Castle: Site of a former medieval moated castle.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
East Croydon to Oxted (Surrey)
45 minutes direct from Cowden.
First stage of the Vanguard Way, from suburban East Croydon out through Selsdon Wood and the North Downs to Oxted.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 7h30 (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Earlswood to Oxted (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Cowden.
Gentle greensand ridge, pasture, arable fields, woodland, bluebell woods, escarpment views and low-lying meadows.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Godstone to Oxted (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Cowden.
Low-lying farmland, river valley, woodland, low ridges, golf course, ancient churchyards and old coaching village.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).