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Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Wednesday walk Leigh to Tunbridge Wells

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A pretty walk  through a landscape of great beauty,

Length 11.7 miles 
Toughness: 5 out of 10

Trains: Take the 10.04 from Charing Cross (10.07 Waterloo East, 10.13 London Bridge) to Tonbridge (10.46) where you change to catch the 11.01 to Leigh arriving 11.05.
Return trains from Tunbridge Wells run 4 times an hour.
Buy a return ticket to Tunbridge Wells.

Lunch: The suggested lunchtime stop is the Spotted Dog (tel 01892 870 253) at Smart's Hill, some 6.4 km (a third) into the walk.
Nearby is another large and popular pub, the Bottle House Inn (tel 01892 870 306).
For a later lunch stop bring a picnic.

Tea: Lots of options in Tunbridge Wells.

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1 comment:

Wanderer said...

N=12 emerged from the train at Leigh and set off under w=sunny-skies-with-rapidly-rising-temperatures-and-humidity. 11 followed the main route while one took the shortcut avoiding the pubs and proceeded at a slow pace, collecting blackberries along the way and being overtaken by the main walkers at Speldhurst. Most if not all had picnics and some had drinks in the pubs. If anyone had a pub lunch they might like to report back.. The All Souls Chapel near Poundsbridge is a good picnic spot with benches in its very pleasant and peaceful churchyard. This is a very lovely walk but today I felt the weather was too hot to enjoy it.