Walks from Tunbridge Wells
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Tunbridge Wells Circular via Groombridge
Highly recommended: Escarpments.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 8h (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
2 lunch spots: Frant (1h30 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.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
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.
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.
Wadhurst to Tunbridge Wells
High Weald ridges, wooded valleys, open fields, landscaped parkland and back streets and alleyways of a spa town.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
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: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Tunbridge Wells Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).
Tunbridge Wells to Leigh
Town commons, woodland tracks, wild flower meadows, country park, river and lake paths and quiet roads.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: An alternative variant of Tunbridge Wells to Hildenborough (Saturday Walkers Club).
Tunbridge Wells to Tonbridge
Town commons, woodland tracks, wild flower meadows, country park, river and lake paths and urban roads.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: An alternative variant of Tunbridge Wells to Hildenborough (Saturday Walkers Club).
Frant to Tunbridge Wells
High Weald hills, landscaped parkland, bluebell woods, restored heathland, sandstone outcrops, river valley, wooded common and colonnaded town walkway.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Busy road at start.
Source: A shorter variant of Tunbridge Wells Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).
Frant to Tunbridge Wells
High Weald hills, landscaped parkland, bluebell woods, restored heathland, sandstone outcrops, river valley, wooded common and colonnaded town walkway.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Busy road at start.
Source: An alternative variant of Tunbridge Wells Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).