Walks from Wadhurst
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Wadhurst Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Wadhurst by train.
Wadhurst Circular via Bewl Water
Highly recommended: Quiet fields and country lanes running through rolling wooded hills. Mostly secluded.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Wadhurst: Quaint little village (1h45 in).
Bewl Water: An aqua park, and the largest body of water in South East England.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
2 lunch spots: the Old Vine (1h30 in; excellent), or La Petite France (3h45 in)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Wadhurst to Tunbridge Wells
High Weald ridges, wooded valleys, open fields, landscaped parkland and back streets and alleyways of a spa town.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be boggy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Etchingham to Wadhurst
Hilly Wealden pasture and woodland, panoramic valley views, converted oast houses, cobnut orchard, back lanes with wildflower verges and reservoir shoreline.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wadhurst to Frant
High Weald ridges, wooded valleys, open fields, descent through woodland and brief roadside stretch.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: No pavement on final road.
Source: A shorter variant of Wadhurst to Tunbridge Wells (Saturday Walkers Club).
Robertsbridge to Wadhurst
Hilly Wealden pasture and woodland, panoramic valley views, converted oast houses, cobnut orchard, back lanes with wildflower verges and reservoir shoreline.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A variant of Etchingham to Wadhurst via Ticehurst (Saturday Walkers Club).
Stonegate to Wadhurst
Rolling hills, tranquil valleys, woodland, pastureland and remote wilderness sections.
Time: 9h30 (8h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Nettles and brambles.
Source: An alternative variant of Stonegate Circular (Saturday Walkers Club).