Walks from Tunbridge Wells
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Tunbridge Wells Station.
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Tunbridge Wells Circular via Groombridge
Highly recommended: Escarpments.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 6h30–12h30
2 lunch spots: Frant (1h30–3h in) — the Abergavenny Arms, or the George
3 end-of-walk rewards: the Crown Inn, the High Rocks, or the Pantiles
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Tunbridge Wells to Hildenborough
Town commons, woodland tracks, wild flower meadows, country park, river paths and quiet roads.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Leigh to Tunbridge Wells
Rolling Kent hills, pastoral river valleys, parkland, woods, lakes and commons extending into town.
Time: 4h30–9h
1 lunch spot: the Leicester Arms Pub (1h–2h 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.
Wadhurst to Tunbridge Wells
High Weald ridges, wooded valleys, open fields, landscaped parkland and back streets and alleyways of a spa town.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Can be boggy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tunbridge Wells to Paddock Wood
Recommended: A varied countryside route with woodland paths (some with boardwalks), tracks past orchards and oast houses, quiet lanes and field-side paths, with some steeper up-and-down slopes through woods around Matfield. Includes a scramble through high bracken and chopped-back brambles and a winding lane cut into a hillside; valleys can carry streams in winter. Can be broken at Pembury, which has buses through the village.
Time: 4h–8h
Lunch: Two pubs and a restaurant at Matfield, roughly mid-route. Pub, hotel and chippy at Pembury green.
Warnings: A short scramble through very high bracken and brambles south of Pembury - long sleeves advised. A farmyard section where cows may be ambling to and from milking.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Tunbridge Wells Circular
High Weald hills, landscaped parkland, bluebell woods, restored heathland, sandstone outcrops, river valley, wooded common and colonnaded town walkway.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Tunbridge Wells Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tunbridge Wells to Leigh
Town commons, woodland tracks, wild flower meadows, country park, river and lake paths and quiet roads.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: An alternative variant of Tunbridge Wells to Hildenborough – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tunbridge Wells to Tonbridge
Town commons, woodland tracks, wild flower meadows, country park, river and lake paths and urban roads.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: An alternative variant of Tunbridge Wells to Hildenborough – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Frant to Tunbridge Wells
High Weald hills, landscaped parkland, bluebell woods, restored heathland, sandstone outcrops, river valley, wooded common and colonnaded town walkway.
Warnings: Busy road at start.
Source: A shorter variant of Tunbridge Wells Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Frant to Tunbridge Wells
High Weald hills, landscaped parkland, bluebell woods, restored heathland, sandstone outcrops, river valley, wooded common and colonnaded town walkway.
Time: 5h30
Warnings: Busy road at start.
Source: An alternative variant of Tunbridge Wells Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).