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Sunday 27 March 2016

Walk 3.20 A lovely ramble in the Sevenoaks Weald and along the Greensand Ridge

Free walk 20 Sevenoaks to Westerham (Bromley South)

Length  18.8km (11.7m);toughness 7/10, quite hilly in places.

Trains: 10.10 London Charing Cross (Waterloo East 10.12), Sevenoaks 10.44.

Return: Catch London Transport bus 246 from Westerham (see walk instructions for details of bus stop location) to Bromley South Station (Zone 5) There are 5 trains an hour from Bromley South Station back to London.

After a short “suburban” section this becomes a beautiful area of undulating fields and farms of quintessentially SE England scenery. There are fine views from the Greensand Ridge.

For more details about the walk and its refreshment options – lunch can be taken at the  Windmill (01732 463330) or the Cock Inn (01732 750310) . Various tea options can be found at Westerham Green near your bus stop.


See here for more information about the walk and click here for full, detailed walk instructions.

4 comments:

BestFootForward said...

Did anyone else do this walk? I got an earlier train so was a half hour ahead and thought that the group would catch me up as I'm quite a slow walker, but I didn't see anyone else. It was a bit damp underfoot, and the hailstorm was a little bit trying, but there was also plenty of glorious sunshine - at one point at the same time as rain and made the cascade of raindrops glitter as it came down through bright sunlight in the woods. This really is a super walk. Lots of variety, stupendous views and the bluebells are coming along nicely - noticeably more out than only two days ago. I enjoyed it so much, I'm going to do it again next week!

BestFootForward said...

PS I saw what appeared to be an albino white deer in a small group of other ordinary brown deer. I've never seen such a thing before - has anyone else seen this?

Walker said...

Glad you enjoyed the walk. You do sometimes get albino deer - hence all the pubs called The White Hart. I saw one once near Cowden. Could even be the same one...

PeteB said...

Just n=2 on this walk and we had just left Knole Park when we were got drenched in a torrential hail/wind storm and we staggered to a nearby cafe packed with many families and young children who had escaped there after abandoning their Easter egg hunt. Warmed by a hot drink we slowly dried off but our enthusiasm for continuing the walk had diminished and with the weather outlook uncertain we decided to improvise a route around Knole Park and thence back to Sevenoaks