Two loops around the attractive Kent village of Shoreham.There is a good mix of woodland and open countryside with some fine views from hills, interspersed with easier stretches along the valley floor. We’re doing the shorter "Alternative walk" that starts at point F in the directions.
Trains
Get a return to Shoreham, Kent.
The 09:43 Sevenoaks train from Blackfriars gets to Shoreham for 10:40.
You can also travel from London Bridge. The 9:55 Hastings train gets to Sevenoaks for10:20 where you change onto the 10:28 to Blackfriars reaching Shoreham at 10:38. This journey, via Sevenoaks, costs slightly more.
Coming back there are direct trains to Blackfriars at xx:08 and xx:38.
and trains at xx:10 and xx:40 towards Sevenoaks to change for London Bridge.
Lunch
The Crown (01959-522903) is at the northern end of Shoreham's High Street. At the other end of the village is the King's Arms (01959-523100); open again after a fire. There's a restaurant and coffee shop at The Mount Vineyard (01959-524008); and The Samuel Palmer (07508-440027) is an up-market pub/restaurant where Ye Olde George Inn used to be.
Tea As well as the above, there's a couple of tea rooms on the High Street and one at the Aircraft Museum
Directions here. For this shorter Alternative Walk, you need to start at Paragraph F. (Click on "Option a Alternative Walk" if that works for you). This version goes the other way round to the main walk.
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Sunday, 5 February 2023
Sunday Walk: Shoreham Figure of 8
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ANother option is the 9.55 from London Victoria. Change at Otford (arrive 10.31, depart 10.35) and nip over to the other platform to catch the Thameslink Blackfriars train to Shoreham, arriving 10.38
An unlucky thirteen gathered on the platform but a latecomer joined us as were setting off, so we were n=14 on a w=sunny winter's day. He had in fact been forced to park his car a considerable distance away, as it soon transpired that tout le monde had decided to go walking in the Darent Valley today: groups large and small passed us all day long. And they weren't wrong; the conditions were perfect, with no mud to speak of.
A fairly leisurely southern loop got us back to Shoreham just after 12:30. The Crown looked pretty empty but all the tables inside were reserved; however, it was warm enough to sit outside and the landlady cheerfully persuaded the kitchen to provide baguettes and other stuff for those wanting food. An hour or so later we all left the pub more or less together, but this time the multiple walk options might have resulted in a third of the group inadvertently setting off on the longer afternoon leg instead of the posted one; at any rate there were only nine of us at the end.
As we returned to Shoreham from the northern loop we encountered a familiar face who explained that he was looking forward to a moonlit walk in the area. The conditions looked perfect for that, too.
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