Walks you can reach from East Grinstead by train
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Alternatively, view walks directly from East Grinstead.
Woldingham to Oxted (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
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.
Oxted Circular via Yalden Spring (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
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)
30 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
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).
Hurst Green to Sevenoaks (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
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).
Oxted to Hurst Green (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
National Trust commons and woodland, plus pretty villages straddling the Surrey-Kent border; Limpsfield, Greensand Way, North Downs views.
Woodland: three fifths under tree cover.
Limpsfield Common (National Trust)
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy in places after rain.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Oxted to Lingfield (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
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.
East Croydon to Oxted (Surrey)
45 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
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).
Earlswood to Oxted (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
Gentle greensand ridge, pasture, arable fields, woodland, bluebell woods, escarpment views and low-lying meadows.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Godstone to Oxted (Surrey)
15 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
Low-lying farmland, river valley, woodland, low ridges, golf course, ancient churchyards and old coaching village.
Time: 6h (4h30 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)
7 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
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).
Upper Warlingham Circular via Selsdon Wood Nature Reserve (Surrey)
30 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
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).
Dormans to Lingfield (Surrey)
4 minutes direct from East Grinstead.
Undulating woodland, railway cuttings and viaducts, golf course, racecourse straight, farmland, nature reserve and village conservation area.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy. Avoid August Bank Holiday.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).