Walks from Penshurst

Highly recommended: Stately home.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Chiddingstone Village (National Trust; 45m in)

Penshurst Place (2h in)

Chiddingstone (National Trust; 45m in)

Penshurst (2h in)

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

4 lunch spots: Chiddingstone (45m 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 (National Trust; 3h in)

Chiddingstone (National Trust; 3h in)

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

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).

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

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.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

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.

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

Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.

Limpsfield Common (National Trust; 1h in)

Chartwell House (National Trust; 2h in)

Toys Hill (National Trust; 3h in)

Bore Place (3h30 in)

Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)

4 lunch spots: the Carpenters Arms (45m in), Landemare café (2h 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, golf course, reservoir paths, river meadows and Chiddingstone Nature Reserve.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

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 (National Trust)

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

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

Low-lying Eden valley farmland and village streets.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

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.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

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.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

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

Farmland, river valley, parkland and historic village.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

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).