Walks you can reach from Woldingham by train

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.

Quebec House: Childhood home of General James Wolfe, victor of the Battle of Quebec (1759) (National Trust; 2h30 in; 1h to visit).

4 lunch spots: Westerham (2h15 in) — Food For Thought, or Tudor Rose Tea Rooms; plus the Comodor (2h15 in), or Churchill's Art Cafe (2h15 in)

Source: Trains2Green.

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.

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.

Wooded Greensand Ridge, heathland common, open parkland, valleys, escarpment views to North Downs and High Weald and historic market town.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Surrey Hills edge walk over fields and through woodland, including seasonal bluebell woods, with panoramic views.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Limpsfield Common: Ancient common on the Greensand Ridge where time comes home to sleep (National Trust; 1h15 in).

Limpsfield Chart: Elevated wooded common on the Greensand Ridge.

Starborough Castle: Site of a former medieval moated castle.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.

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).

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.

Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).

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).

Gentle greensand ridge, pasture, arable fields, woodland, bluebell woods, escarpment views and low-lying meadows.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Low-lying farmland, river valley, woodland, low ridges, golf course, ancient churchyards and old coaching village.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

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).