Walks from Penshurst

Highly recommended: Stately home.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Chiddingstone Village: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 45 mins in; 30 mins to visit).

Penshurst Place (2h in)

Chiddingstone: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 45 mins in; 30 mins to visit).

Penshurst (2h in)

4 lunch spots: Chiddingstone (45 mins in) — the Tulip Tree, or the Castle Inn; Penshurst (2h in) — the Leicester Arms Pub, or Penshurst Place café

1 end-of-walk reward: the Little Brown Jug

Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).

Highly recommended: Parkland, river valley, gentle farmland slopes, vineyard, woods and hamlet lanes.

Penshurst (1h in)

Chiddingstone Village: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 3h in; 30 mins to visit).

Chiddingstone: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 3h in; 30 mins to visit).

2 lunch spots: the Leicester Arms (1h in), or the Rock (2h in)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A variant of Leigh and Penshurst (Saturday Walkers Club).

Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.

Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.

Limpsfield Common: Ancient common on the Greensand Ridge where time comes home to sleep (National Trust; 1h in).

Chartwell House: Family home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill (National Trust; 2h in; 3h to visit).

Toys Hill: Discover the place that inspired Octavia Hill to found the National Trust (National Trust; 3h in).

Bore Place (3h30 in)

5 lunch spots: Westerham (2h in) — Chartwell House café, or Landemare café; plus the Carpenters Arms (45 mins in), the Fox & Hounds (3h in), or the Cock Inn (3h30 in)

2 end-of-walk rewards: the Greyhound, or the Little Brown Jug

Source: Trains2Green.

Low-lying farmland, woodland, reservoir causeway, field edges, river meadows and attractive Kent villages.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Fairly flat walk along shaded paths through fields and riverside woodland alongside the River Medway.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

The Tonbridge Castle: A Norman motte-and-bailey castle with a 13th-century gatehouse beside the Medway.

The Haysden Country Park: A lakeside country park on the River Medway floodplain near Tonbridge.

River Medway at Ensfield Bridge: Meadow-set river spot suitable for wild swimming and picnics.

Penshurst Place

St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst: Historic village church next to Penshurst Place.

2 lunch spots: Penshurst — Porcupine Pantry Café (café attached to Penshurst Place serving drinks, cakes, snacks and ice cream with outdoor seating), or Penshurst Place café

Warnings: Can be muddy in places when wet.

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.

Low-lying farmland, woodland, golf course, reservoir paths, river meadows and Chiddingstone Nature Reserve.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A longer variant of Penshurst Circular via Bough Beech (Saturday Walkers Club).

Low-lying farmland, Eden valley, woods, vineyard and picturesque village streets.

Chiddingstone Village: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 30 mins to visit).

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: An alternative variant of Leigh and Penshurst (Saturday Walkers Club).

Low-lying Eden valley farmland and village streets.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A shorter variant of Leigh and Penshurst (Saturday Walkers Club).

Low-lying Eden valley farmland, gentle ridges, woods, vineyard and hamlet lanes.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: An alternative variant of Leigh and Penshurst (Saturday Walkers Club).

Roadside walking, fields, parkland, riverside paths, low hills, vineyards and farmland.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: An alternative variant of Tonbridge to Penshurst (Saturday Walkers Club).

Farmland, river valley, parkland and historic village.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A shorter variant of Hever to Tonbridge (Saturday Walkers Club).

Fields, woods and country lanes across to Penshurst Station.

Source: An alternative variant of Hever to Leigh (Saturday Walkers Club).