Walks you can reach from Orpington by train
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Chelsfield Station Circular via Down House (Kent)
3m direct from Orpington.
16km. Moderate ascents. 4h30–7h30.
Highlights: Down House (home of Charles Darwin).
Lunch stops in Downe (3h–5h in): Down House café, the George and Dragon, or Rajdoot of Downe. Other lunch stop: the Blacksmith's Arms (2h–3h30 in).
End-of-walk rewards: the Rose and Crown, the Royal Oak, the Queens Head, or the Chelsfield.
Petts Wood Station Circular (Kent)
3m direct from Orpington.
12km.
Suburban woodlands, wide woodland tracks, heathland, valleys, moated manor ruins, and open green spaces. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Knockholt Station Circular (Kent)
6m direct from Orpington.
18km. 5h30.
Rural fields with wildflowers, bluebell woods, and several village churches. Numerous stiles throughout.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Knockholt Station to Otford Station (Kent)
6m direct from Orpington.
12km.
Wooded hills, steep ridges, hidden downland valley, bluebell woods, beech and sweet chestnut woodland, and fields. Descents can be slippery.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Hayes Station to Knockholt Station (Kent)
6m direct from Orpington.
16km.
Fields, woods, valleys, heathland, commons, and London Green Belt countryside. Can be waterlogged.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Caterham Station to Knockholt Station (Surrey)
6m direct from Orpington.
26km.
North Downs escarpment, woods carpeted with wild garlic and bluebells, open pasture, arable fields, fine southward views, and some M25 road noise early on. Can be slippery.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Knockholt Station to Shoreham Station (Kent)
6m direct from Orpington.
5km.
Wooded hills, steep ridge climb, and descent into village. Descent can be slippery.
A shorter variant of Knockholt to Otford – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Borough Green & Wrotham Station to Sevenoaks Station (Kent)
9m direct from Orpington.
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.
Sevenoaks Station Circular via Knole House (Kent)
9m direct from Orpington.
16km.
A rambler favourite! Deer park, fields, woods, coppiced woodland, escarpment ridge, bluebell and wild garlic woods, and Weald views. Some mud inevitable.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Yalding Station to Sevenoaks Station (Kent)
9m direct from Orpington.
21km.
A rambler favourite! Undulating Kent farmland, orchards, bluebell woods, greensand escarpment, and deer park. Waymarking can disappear.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Leigh Station to Sevenoaks Station (Kent)
9m direct from Orpington.
14km. 4h30.
Rolling Kentish farmland, fields, oasthouses, bluebell woods, steep greensand hillside, and deer park. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Hurst Green Station to Sevenoaks Station (Surrey)
9m direct from Orpington.
18km.
Greensand ridge, chart hills, undulating woodland, commons, deer park, historic estates, and suburban old town. Steep climbs.