Walks you can reach from Godstone by train
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Alternatively, view walks directly from Godstone.
Penshurst Circular via Chiddingstone (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
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).
Leigh to Penshurst (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
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).
Leigh Circular (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
Parkland, river valley, farmland, woods, vineyard and picturesque village streets.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Penshurst Place (1h in)
Chiddingstone Village (National Trust; 2h15 in)
Penshurst (1h in)
Chiddingstone (National Trust; 2h15 in)
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Leicester Arms (1h in)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Leigh to Tunbridge Wells (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
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.
Leigh to Sevenoaks (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
Rolling Kentish farmland, fields, oasthouses, bluebell woods, steep greensand hillside and deer park.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tonbridge to Penshurst (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Godstone.
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: 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.
Hever to Leigh (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
Undulating hills, open fields, beech woods, rivers, ponds, quaint villages and historic estates.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Edenbridge Circular (Kent)
6 minutes direct from Godstone.
Gentle farmland, water meadows, riverside paths, farm airstrip and flat Eden Valley.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be waterlogged.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Redhill Circular via Quarry Hanger Nature Reserve (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
Nature reserves, wetland lakes, restored sand quarries, Greensand Ridge, farm fields, wooded commons, suburban streets and pedestrianised town centre.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tonbridge Circular via Tudeley (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Godstone.
Parkland, farm fields, paddocks, orchards, country park, riverside paths, residential streets and fishing and sailing lakes.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hever to Tonbridge (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Godstone.
Gentle farmland, orchards, river valleys, parkland, country park lakes and riverside paths into a market town.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Redhill to Horley (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
Recommended: Views of the North Downs. A direct, mostly off-road route leaving the busy A23 for residential streets and Cycleway 21, a mix of paved and unpaved (asphalt and gravel) surfaces, through Whitebushes and a rural section with bluebells, green fields and views of the North Downs and before a final pavement stretch on the 40mph Orchard Drive into Horley. A non-public footpath into Horley can be overgrown. Follows Cycleway 21; passes 'Asylum Arch Road' and East Surrey Hospital. Local shops at Whitebushes roughly two-thirds of the way.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: A handy shop at Whitebushes about two-thirds along; multiple shop, pub and eatery options at both ends.
Warnings: Orchard Drive into Horley is a 40mph road, though it has a pavement. A non-public footpath at the Horley end was very overgrown and only just passable.
Walk details: Slow Ways.