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: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 45 mins in; 30 mins to visit).
Penshurst Place (2h in)
Chiddingstone: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 45 mins in; 30 mins to visit).
Penshurst (2h in)
4 lunch spots: Chiddingstone (45 mins 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: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 3h in; 30 mins to visit).
Chiddingstone: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 3h in; 30 mins to visit).
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 via Penshurst Place (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: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 2h15 in; 30 mins to visit).
Penshurst (1h in)
Chiddingstone: One of the most beautiful and oldest villages in Kent (National Trust; 2h15 in; 30 mins to visit).
2 lunch spots: Penshurst (1h in) — Penshurst Place café, or the Leicester Arms
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)
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.
Hurst Green to Penshurst (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
Hilly: two fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Limpsfield Common: Ancient common on the Greensand Ridge where time comes home to sleep (National Trust; 1h in).
Chartwell House: Family home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill (National Trust; 2h in; 3h to visit).
Toys Hill: Discover the place that inspired Octavia Hill to found the National Trust (National Trust; 3h in).
Bore Place (3h30 in)
5 lunch spots: Westerham (2h in) — Chartwell House café, or Landemare café; plus the Carpenters Arms (45 mins 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.
Leigh to Sevenoaks (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Godstone.
Rolling Kentish farmland, fields, oasthouses, bluebell woods, steep greensand hillside and deer park.
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.
2 lunch spots: Penshurst — Porcupine Pantry Café (café attached to Penshurst Place serving drinks, cakes, snacks and ice cream with outdoor seating), or Penshurst Place 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).