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; 2h30 to visit)
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.
Lunch: No lunch stops on route. Plenty of places to eat Crowborough itself.
Best months: in April (bluebell season).
Source: Trains2Green.
Hurst Green to Penshurst (Surrey)
2 minutes direct from Oxted.
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.
Hurst Green to Dunton Green (Surrey)
2 minutes direct from Oxted.
Quebec House: Childhood home of General James Wolfe, victor of the Battle of Quebec (1759) (National Trust; 2h in; 1h to visit).
4 lunch spots: Westerham (2h in) — the Grasshopper On The Green, or Food For Thought; plus the Comodor (2h in), or Churchill's Art Cafe (2h in)
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Warnings: Can be very muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).