Walks you can reach from Maidstone East by train
Kent · South East England | Walks by foot
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West Malling Station Circular via River Medway (Kent)
8m direct from Maidstone East.
20km. 5h.
Orchards, coppiced woodland, water meadows, low hills, river valley, parkland, and market town. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
East Malling Station Circular (Kent)
8m direct from Maidstone East.
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.
West Malling Station to East Farleigh Station (Kent)
8m direct from Maidstone East.
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.
East Malling Station to East Farleigh Station (Kent)
8m direct from Maidstone East.
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)
8m direct from Maidstone East.
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.
Hollingbourne Station Circular via Hollingbourne Meadows (Kent)
9m direct from Maidstone East.
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)
9m direct from Maidstone East.
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.
Harrietsham Station to Pluckley Station (Kent)
15m direct from Maidstone East.
15km.
Gentle ridge, apple orchards, pasture, escarpment views, bluebell woods, Kentish farmland, and churches attached to farms and manor houses. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Yalding Station to Harrietsham Station (Kent)
15m direct from Maidstone East.
24km.
Flat Medway Valley start, gentle Greensand Ridge climb, arable fields, apple orchards, scenic ridge walking, coppiced woodland with wood anemone, and then descent to Harrietsham.
A longer variant of Yalding to Sutton Valence – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Borough Green & Wrotham Station to Sevenoaks Station (Kent)
15m direct from Maidstone East.
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 Maidstone East.
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.
Lenham Station to Charing Station (Kent)
15m direct from Maidstone East.
13km. 4h30.
North Downs footpaths, little-used field paths, rape seed fields, and woods. Can be overgrown.