Walks from Otford
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Otford Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Otford by train.
Otford Circular via Shoreham
Highly recommended: Quiet country lanes, meadows, rolling wooded hills, and two very attractive villages.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Shoreham (1h30 in)
Otford (3h30 in)
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
3 lunch spots: Shoreham (1h15 in) — the Samuel Palmer (Plenty of seating, including outdoors; excellent), the Kings Arms, or the Mount Vineyard
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Otford Circular via Shoreham
Steep-sided hills, secluded chalk valleys, mixed woodland, open countryside, chalk grassland nature reserves and attractive villages.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Otford Circular via Shoreham
Circular around Otford, from the valley floor on the Darent Valley Path to panoramic vistas from the top, on sections of the North Downs Way, past the villages of Otford and Shoreham.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Kent Downs National Landscape (tips, photos and local insights).
Otford to Eynsford
River valley, open fields, orchards, beech woods, golf course, ridge path and historic villages.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reverse direction: Kent Downs National Landscape.
Otford to Snodland
North Downs ridge, southern escarpment, fields, woods, open views south, forest, country park, open countryside and urban streets.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Knockholt to Otford
Wooded hills, steep ridges, hidden downland valley, bluebell woods, beech and sweet chestnut woodland and fields.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Descents can be slippery.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Farningham Road to Otford
Ancient woodland, field edges, riverside Darent Valley Path, low hills, chalk downland, quaint villages, golf course and nature reserves.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Motocross path closures possible.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Otford to Halling
North Downs ridge, southern escarpment, fields, woods, open views south, forest, country park and open countryside.
Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Source: A longer variant of Otford to Snodland (Saturday Walkers Club).
Otford to Shoreham
North Downs hills, chalk woodland, bluebell woods, open commons, grassy fields and Shoreham village.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Otford Circular via Romney Street (Saturday Walkers Club).