Walks you can reach from Penshurst by train
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Leigh Circular (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Parkland, river valley, farmland, woods, vineyard and picturesque village streets.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Penshurst Place (1h in)
Chiddingstone Village (National Trust; 2h15 in)
Penshurst (1h in)
Chiddingstone (National Trust; 2h15 in)
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Leicester Arms (1h in)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Leigh to Tunbridge Wells (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Rolling Kent hills, pastoral river valleys, parkland, woods, lakes and commons extending into town.
Penshurst (1h in)
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Leicester Arms Pub (1h in)
5 end-of-walk rewards: the Mount Edgcumbe, the Grove Tavern, the Compasses, the Bedford, or the Claremont
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Leigh to Sevenoaks (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Rolling Kentish farmland, fields, oasthouses, bluebell woods, steep greensand hillside and deer park.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Godstone to Oxted (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Low-lying farmland, river valley, woodland, low ridges, golf course, ancient churchyards and old coaching village.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hever to Leigh (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Undulating hills, open fields, beech woods, rivers, ponds, quaint villages and historic estates.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Edenbridge Circular (Kent)
7 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Gentle farmland, water meadows, riverside paths, farm airstrip and flat Eden Valley.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be waterlogged.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tonbridge Circular via Tudeley (Kent)
9 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Parkland, farm fields, paddocks, orchards, country park, riverside paths, residential streets and fishing and sailing lakes.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Redhill Circular via Quarry Hanger Nature Reserve (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Nature reserves, wetland lakes, restored sand quarries, Greensand Ridge, farm fields, wooded commons, suburban streets and pedestrianised town centre.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hever to Tonbridge (Kent)
9 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Gentle farmland, orchards, river valleys, parkland, country park lakes and riverside paths into a market town.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tonbridge to Paddock Wood (Kent)
9 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Recommended: More than two-thirds off-road, along footpaths through fields and a quiet lane, passing orchards, cornfields, hedgerows and a walk beside the River Medway into Tonbridge. Flat and sometimes muddy and but fine in boots; a short orchard section can get churned up by tractors. Passes the Grade I listed church of Thomas a Becket at Capel; the route can be left at Moat Farm for the shop and pub in Five Oak Green; good for orchard blossom in spring.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
2 lunch spots: the Poacher and Partridge, or the George and Dragon
Warnings: A short orchard section north of Five Oak Green can be deeply churned by tractors; the alternative road through Five Oak Green is fairly busy with a bend on an unpaved stretch.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Redhill to Horley (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Penshurst.
Recommended: Views of the North Downs. A direct, mostly off-road route leaving the busy A23 for residential streets and Cycleway 21, a mix of paved and unpaved (asphalt and gravel) surfaces, through Whitebushes and a rural section with bluebells, green fields and views of the North Downs and before a final pavement stretch on the 40mph Orchard Drive into Horley. A non-public footpath into Horley can be overgrown. Follows Cycleway 21; passes 'Asylum Arch Road' and East Surrey Hospital. Local shops at Whitebushes roughly two-thirds of the way.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: A handy shop at Whitebushes about two-thirds along; multiple shop, pub and eatery options at both ends.
Warnings: Orchard Drive into Horley is a 40mph road, though it has a pavement. A non-public footpath at the Horley end was very overgrown and only just passable.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
East Grinstead to Edenbridge (Sussex)
7 minutes direct from Penshurst.
About half the route is alongside roads, much of it quiet or private lanes and with the middle four miles mostly through fields and farms and a clearly-set path through Jules Wood. There are uphill sections of mud through the woods and some high stiles.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Sections of mud on the uphill woodland paths after rain. A river bridge near Ockhams has heavily worn steps up to the fields that need care, especially when wet. Some stiles are high.
Walk details: Slow Ways.