Walks you can reach from Longfield by train
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Faversham to Canterbury (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Longfield.
Recommended: Really beautiful woodland segments and occasional idyllic countryside vistas. The first segment, closest to Faversham, isn't great due to a busy road, but very quiet beyond that. Quiet and isolated.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Faversham: Very picturesque medieval market town with many interesting shops and historic sites.
Canterbury Cathedral (5h in)
Canterbury (5h in)
Lunch: No lunch venues en route. There's a playground with picnic tables at Chartham Hatch that makes a good stop for a packed lunch.
7 end-of-walk rewards: the Black Griffin, the Lady Luck, the Old Weaver Restaurant, Marlowe's, the Drapers Arms, the Old Buttermarket, or the Shakespeare
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: Slow Ways.
Farningham Road to Eynsford (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Longfield.
Linear middle Darent Valley Path beside the tranquil River Darent, Lullingstone Roman Villa, Eynsford Castle and valley views.
Walk details: Kent Downs National Landscape (tips, photos and local insights).
Farningham Road to Otford (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Longfield.
Ancient woodland, field edges, riverside Darent Valley Path, low hills, chalk downland, quaint villages, golf course and nature reserves.
Warnings: Motocross path closures possible.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Swanley to Sevenoaks (Kent)
9 minutes direct from Longfield.
Linear Darent valley sides on the North Downs Way and Darent Valley Path: three nature reserves including Lullingstone Country Park and Polhill Bank, panoramic Kent Downs views.
Walk details: Kent Downs National Landscape (tips, photos and local insights).
Swanley to Eynsford (Kent)
9 minutes direct from Longfield.
Linear walk into the Darent Valley countryside, with breathtaking views, Lullingstone Roman Villa, the Eynsford Viaduct and the village's humpback bridge and ford.
Walk details: Kent Downs National Landscape (tips, photos and local insights).
Meopham Circular via Rochester Castle (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Longfield.
Chalk grassland, ancient woodland, community woodland, landscaped parkland, wildflower meadows, farm fields, country park and busy road stretches.
Rochester Castle: A Norman castle beside the Medway with one of the tallest surviving keeps in England.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Sole Street Circular via the Cobham Park (Kent)
6 minutes direct from Longfield.
Kentish villages, orchards and Cobham Park, past the Darnley Mausoleum, the North Downs Way and historic village pubs.
Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Cobham Wood and Mausoleum: Restored 18th-century mausoleum, set in peaceful wood pasture (National Trust; 2h45 in; 30 mins to visit).
The Cobham Park: A landscaped Repton parkland surrounding Cobham Hall, with the Darnley Mausoleum.
Darnley Mausoleum: A grand Georgian mausoleum standing within Cobham Park.
Warnings: Steep climbs; can be quite muddy in winter.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Swanley Circular via Castle Farm (lavender) (Kent)
9 minutes direct from Longfield.
Darent Valley circular with panoramic views, the UK's largest lavender farm at Castle Farm (June/July), 500-year-old veteran trees at Lullingstone Country Park, a Roman villa and a castle.
Walk details: Kent Downs National Landscape (tips, photos and local insights).
Faversham Circular via Uplees Marshes (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Longfield.
Flat marshland, creek embankments, farm fields, quiet country lanes, woodland and tidal waterways.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Farningham Road to Sole Street (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Longfield.
Urban sprawl, housing developments, busy roads, arable fields and occasional glimpses of historic rural Kent.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Rochester to Sole Street (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Longfield.
Dickensian Kent and the Medway: Rochester's cathedral and castle, then Ranscombe Farm and Cobham Park to Sole Street.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Cobham Wood and Mausoleum: Restored 18th-century mausoleum, set in peaceful wood pasture (National Trust; 3h in; 30 mins to visit).
The Rochester Cathedral: England's second-oldest cathedral, founded in 604, in the heart of Rochester.
Rochester Castle: A Norman castle beside the Medway with one of the tallest surviving keeps in England.
The Ranscombe Farm Reserve: A nature reserve near Rochester protecting rare arable wildflowers on the Kent downs.
The Cobham Park: A landscaped Repton parkland surrounding Cobham Hall, with the Darnley Mausoleum.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Teynham to Faversham (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Longfield.
Flat orchards and fruit farms, tidal river seawall, coastal creeks, mudflats, salt marshes, drainage ditches, dykes, windswept grazing marshes and historic market town streets.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).