Walks you can reach from Nutfield by train
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Alternatively, view walks directly from Nutfield.
Penshurst Circular via Chiddingstone (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Nutfield.
Highly recommended: Stately home.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 3h30–7h
4 lunch spots: Chiddingstone (1h–1h30 in) — the Tulip Tree, or the Castle Inn; Penshurst (2h–4h 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 Circular (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Nutfield.
Parkland, river valley, farmland, woods, vineyard and picturesque village streets.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 4h–7h30
1 lunch spot: the Leicester Arms (1h–2h in)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Godstone to Oxted (Surrey)
5 minutes direct from Nutfield.
Low-lying farmland, river valley, woodland, low ridges, golf course, ancient churchyards and old coaching village.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Leigh to Tunbridge Wells (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Nutfield.
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.
Leigh to Sevenoaks (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Nutfield.
Rolling Kentish farmland, fields, oasthouses, bluebell woods, steep greensand hillside and deer park.
Time: 4h30
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 Nutfield.
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: 3h30–7h
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)
30 minutes direct from Nutfield.
Undulating hills, open fields, beech woods, rivers, ponds, quaint villages and historic estates.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Redhill Circular via Quarry Hanger Nature Reserve (Surrey)
4 minutes direct from Nutfield.
Nature reserves, wetland lakes, restored sand quarries, Greensand Ridge, farm fields, wooded commons, suburban streets and pedestrianised town centre.
Time: 5h
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 Nutfield.
Parkland, farm fields, paddocks, orchards, country park, riverside paths, residential streets and fishing and sailing lakes.
Time: 4h30
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hever to Tonbridge (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Nutfield.
Gentle farmland, orchards, river valleys, parkland, country park lakes and riverside paths into a market town.
Time: 3h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Redhill to Horley (Surrey)
4 minutes direct from Nutfield.
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: 2h30–4h30
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.
Tonbridge to Paddock Wood (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Nutfield.
Recommended: More than two-thirds off-road, along footpaths through fields and a quiet lane, passing orchards, cornfields, hedgerows and a walk beside the River Medway into Tonbridge. Flat and sometimes muddy and but fine in boots; a short orchard section can get churned up by tractors. Passes the Grade I listed church of Thomas a Becket at Capel; the route can be left at Moat Farm for the shop and pub in Five Oak Green; good for orchard blossom in spring.
Time: 3h–6h30
2 lunch spots: the Poacher and Partridge, or the George and Dragon
Warnings: A short orchard section north of Five Oak Green can be deeply churned by tractors; the alternative road through Five Oak Green is fairly busy with a bend on an unpaved stretch.
Walk details: Slow Ways.