Walks you can reach from Hurst Green by train
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Alternatively, view walks directly from Hurst Green.
East Grinstead Circular via Standen House (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Beginner-friendly: This short walk is nearly all National Trust territory and signposted. If you want to make it even shorter and simpler, just skip the detour through the woods. The lunch stop is a simple café, so no messing around with booking a table in advance. Mostly secluded.
Standen House (National Trust; 1h15 in)
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: Standen House café (1h15 in)
Source: Trains2Green.
Woldingham to Oxted (Surrey)
9 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Highly recommended: A very beautiful and varied walk through woodland ridges, open chalk downland, picturesque villages. Crosses the M25 but not significantly marred by the noise. Mostly secluded.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Godstone (2h in)
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
4 lunch spots: Godstone (2h15 in) — the Hare & Hounds (not great; not bad), the Old Forge Deli, the White Hart, or the Bell
1 end-of-walk reward: the Oxted Inn
Warnings: Chalk paths can be slippery.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Crowborough Circular via Hornshurst Wood (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Recommended: Woodland, streams, meadows and bluebells.
Woodland: three quarters under tree cover.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: No lunch stops on route. Plenty of places to eat Crowborough itself.
Best months: in April (bluebell season).
Source: Trains2Green.
Oxted Circular via Yalden Spring (Surrey)
3 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Wooded Greensand Ridge, heathland common, open parkland, valleys, escarpment views to North Downs and High Weald and historic market town.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Woldingham Circular via Titsey Place (Surrey)
9 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Rural valleys, North Downs escarpments, beech woods, plantation paths, open downland, hilltop village and historic garden village.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Eridge Circular via Groombridge (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Undulating High Weald, streams, meadows, sandstone outcrops, heathland, conifer-to-heathland nature reserve and woods.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Oxted to Lingfield (Surrey)
3 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Surrey Hills edge walk over fields and through woodland, including seasonal bluebell woods, with panoramic views.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Limpsfield Common (National Trust; 1h15 in)
Limpsfield Chart: Elevated wooded common on the Greensand Ridge.
Starborough Castle: Site of a former medieval moated castle.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Hever to Leigh (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
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).
Cowden to Eridge (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Weald pasture, woods, hills, undulating fields and valley paths.
Time: 8h (6h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
East Grinstead to Wivelsfield (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Hills, streams, ponds, heaths, mixed woodland rich in bluebells and wood anemones, pastures and heathery commons with South Downs views.
Time: 9h30 (7h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Mud and flood prone.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ashurst to Eridge (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
Low hills, steep-sided valleys, field edges, country lanes, wooded valleys, sandstone outcrops, heath and meadows.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
East Croydon to Oxted (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from Hurst Green.
First stage of the Vanguard Way, from suburban East Croydon out through Selsdon Wood and the North Downs to Oxted.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 7h30 (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).