Walks from Cuxton

Darnley Mausoleum: Restored 18th-century mausoleum, set in peaceful wood pasture (National Trust; 1h in; 30 mins to visit).

Owletts: Family home of the renowned architect Sir Herbert Baker (National Trust; 2h in; 1h to visit).

3 lunch spots: Cobham (1h45 in) — the Ship, the Darnley Arms, or the Leather Bottle

1 end-of-walk reward: Moot Brew Co Brewery and Taproom

Source: Trains2Green.

Chalk grassland, orchid-rich fields and woodland in Ranscombe Farm reserve, the neoclassical Darnley Mausoleum and the North Downs Way.

Ranscombe Farm Reserve: A 560-acre combined nature reserve and working farm in the Kent Downs AONB, nationally renowned for its rare arable wildflowers and orchid-rich chalk grassland.

Darnley Mausoleum: A Grade I listed neoclassical mausoleum designed by James Wyatt in 1783 for the Earls of Darnley, set in woodland on the Downs.

Walk details: Explore Kent (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Open downland views, wooded ridge, bluebell woods, organic vineyard, scenic ridges and village churchyards.

Warnings: Some strenuous climbs.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Riverside Medway marsh, scarp-top beech and yew woodland on the North Downs Way, and lower-valley farmland, with the Bishop's Palace wall.

All Saints' Church, Wouldham: A riverside church on the far bank of the Medway whose origins date back to 1058.

The Bishop's Palace, Halling: The surviving wall of a palace built in 1086 by Bishop Gundulph that housed the Bishops of Rochester until 1535.

Ranscombe Farm Reserve: A 560-acre combined nature reserve and working farm in the Kent Downs AONB, nationally renowned for its rare arable wildflowers and orchid-rich chalk grassland.

Warnings: Muddy and steep in places; three stiles, two flights of steps, and a short stretch of road with no pavement.

Walk details: Explore Kent (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).