Walks you can reach from Oxted by train
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East Grinstead Circular via Standen House (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Oxted.
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.
Crowborough Circular via Hornshurst Wood (Sussex)
30 minutes direct from Oxted.
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.
Woldingham Circular via Titsey Place (Surrey)
6 minutes direct from Oxted.
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 Oxted.
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).
Hurst Green to Sevenoaks (Surrey)
2 minutes direct from Oxted.
Greensand ridge, chart hills, undulating woodland, commons, deer park, historic estates and suburban old town.
Toy's Hill (National Trust)
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep climbs.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hever to Leigh (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Oxted.
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 Oxted.
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 Oxted.
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)
30 minutes direct from Oxted.
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).
Balcombe to East Grinstead (Sussex)
15 minutes direct from Oxted.
Gentle wooded hills, muddy farm tracks, landscaped gardens, reservoir shoreline, open fields and woodland paths.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be very muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Upper Warlingham Circular via Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve (Surrey)
9 minutes direct from Oxted.
Chalk downland, bluebell woods, open meadows, enclosed bridleways, isolated valleys, farmland and nature reserves on the London/Surrey border.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Lingfield Circular via Forest Row (Surrey)
9 minutes direct from Oxted.
Third stage of the Vanguard Way, from Lingfield through fields and woods to Forest Row on the edge of Ashdown Forest.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Ends at Forest Row, which has no railway station.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).