Toughness: 4 out of 10.
Trains: Catch the 10.00 train from London Bridge arriving Borough Green 10.39.
There are frequent trains back to London from Sevenoaks.
Buy day return to Borough Green (usually accepted for the return journey from Sevenoaks)
The walk starts in Borough Green, and goes south through woods and along streams to the old village of Plaxtol. Then through the park of Fairlawne House to Ightham Mote, a beautiful moated medieval manor, and lunch in its National Trust restaurant.The route onwards leads to Knole Park and its 365-roomed Knole House, then up by footpaths to tea in Sevenoaks.
Lunch: The suggested lunch place is the National Trust restaurant at Ightham Mote. For a pub lunch, you could divert to the Chaser Inn in Shipbourne (tel 01732 811 168)
Tea: The Brewhouse Tearoom (tel 01732 450 608) has an entrance in the north wall of Knole House, without the need to pay an entrance fee. There are various options in the centre of Sevenoaks.
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N=6 off the train at Borough Green. Four had plans to lunch at the pub in Shipborne and expected to finish the walk in the dark.
The two picnickers set off apace and reached Ightam Mote around 12.15. After quickly eating lunch, they were slowed down by the long queue for coffee. Fuelled with caffeine,
our feet carried us off on the Sevenoaks circular afternoon route. We soon realised our mistake but decided to carry on and enjoyed the climb up One Tree hill and surrounding woodland. From there, we followed the Greensand Way back to Sevenoaks arriving there in good time for the 15.33 train back to London. A pleasant day for walking, w=dry-some-sunshine-breezy-but-mild. I hope the pub lunchers enjoyed their day and managed to navigate in the dark.
Thank you Wanderer. We had a fine day. We stopped to admire a particularly festive crocheted pillar box hat in Sevenoaks and then made our way to the Chaser Inn. We arrived at just after 12.30 having scrumped a few windfalls in the first apple orchard - so delicious. Lunch at the Chaser Inn was ample and served very quickly so we were able to leave by 1330 and got to Sevenoaks before dark. The person wearing wellies was particularly smug as the diversion to Shift pborne involved climbing a claggy hill and wading through ankle deep mud. The white harts with large antlers in Knole Park were a sight to behold, and all amicable with the rutting season over. A final beer in the Sennokian in Sevenoaks before the 1703 back to London Bridge. A winter walk worth repeating.
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