Walks from Penshurst
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Penshurst Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Penshurst by train.
Penshurst Circular via Chiddingstone
Highly recommended: Stately home.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 3h30–7h
4 lunch spots: Chiddingstone (1h–1h30 in) — the Tulip Tree, or the Castle Inn; Penshurst (2h–4h 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).
Penshurst Circular via Bough Beech Reservoir
Low-lying farmland, woodland, reservoir causeway, field edges, river meadows and attractive Kent villages.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tonbridge to Penshurst
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.
St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst: Historic village church next to Penshurst Place.
Time: 3h30–7h
1 lunch spot: Porcupine Pantry Café
Warnings: Can be muddy in places when wet.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Hurst Green to Penshurst
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 6h–11h30
4 lunch spots: the Carpenters Arms (1h–1h30 in), the Fox & Hounds (2h–4h in), Landemare café (2h–4h in), or the Cock Inn (3h30–7h in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the Greyhound, or the Little Brown Jug
Source: Trains2Green.
Leigh to Penshurst
Highly recommended: Parkland, river valley, gentle farmland slopes, vineyard, woods and hamlet lanes.
Time: 3h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A variant of Leigh and Penshurst – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Penshurst Circular via Bough Beech Reservoir
Low-lying farmland, woodland, golf course, reservoir paths, river meadows and Chiddingstone Nature Reserve.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A longer variant of Penshurst Circular via Bough Beech – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Penshurst Circular
Low-lying farmland, Eden valley, woods, vineyard and picturesque village streets.
Time: 3h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: An alternative variant of Leigh and Penshurst – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Penshurst Circular via Penshurst Place
Low-lying Eden valley farmland and village streets.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Leigh and Penshurst – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Penshurst to Leigh
Low-lying Eden valley farmland, gentle ridges, woods, vineyard and hamlet lanes.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: An alternative variant of Leigh and Penshurst – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hildenborough to Penshurst
Roadside walking, fields, parkland, riverside paths, low hills, vineyards and farmland.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: An alternative variant of Tonbridge to Penshurst – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hever to Penshurst
Farmland, river valley, parkland and historic village.
Time: 3h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Hever to Tonbridge – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hever to Penshurst
Fields, woods and country lanes across to Penshurst Station.
Source: An alternative variant of Hever to Leigh – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).