TUNBRIDGE WELLS TO TONBRIDGE
OR HILDENBOROUGH
Walk 238
Length of walk: to
Tonbridge is 8.8 miles and to Hildenborough 10.5 miles
Options: The turn off for the Tonbridge finish is near
the end of the walk, and starts at para 23 in the directions. Anyone wanting a
bit more walking can carry on to Hildenborough (17.7 km) – follow walk
directions.
Toughness: 4 out of 10
Train times: Take the 9.52 train from Charing X; 9.55 W’Loo East;
9.59 London Bdge.
Return trains from
Hildenborough to Charing Cross: 16.48; 17.48;18.48
Return trains from Tonbridge
to Charing X: 16.11; 16.44:17.11:17.44
Return trains from
Tonbridge to Victoria: 16.07; 16.37; 17.07; 17.37
Lunch Options:
The Kentish Hare opens
from 11am for coffee and drinks and lunch from 12-2:30pm Main restaurant open 12 to 2.30 pm tel: 01892 525709
The Plough at Leigh ,
Leigh Road , Hildenborough, TN11 9AJ
Open Tuesday to Saturday
from 12 to 2.30pm
Tel: 01732 832149, http://www.theploughatleigh.com/
There are seats for
picnics in Brookhurst Field, Birch Wood and Haysden
Country Park.
Tea options available in Tonbridge and Hildenborough
The walk takes us out of Tunbridge
Wells via the town commons and Hurst Wood, mainly uphill but nothing too
strenuous. It joins the Wealdway shortly before the hamlet of Modest Corner. A
delightful section follows, through Brookhurst Field and Birch Wood on the
outskirts of Bidborough, where you can stop for lunch. You then cut across
Haysden Country Park, following a section of the River Medway.
Find walk
directions, map, gpx here. t=swc.238
4 comments:
Departs London Charing Cross(CHX) at 09:52, arrives Tunbridge Wells(TBW) 11:02
14 or n=15 did a quick round of names then, fshoom, they were off. Too fast for the two at the back - who didn’t catch up till lunchtime. The going was strenuous - up down, up down, mud, mud, mud. Stile-free, though.. Lunch pub was pleasant enough. Blue boot covers provided. There were two groups of sandwich eaters, one at a viewpoint, the rest in a churchyard. The remainder set off again. Fshoom. The two at the back opted for Tonbridge and got a fast train back.The weather? W=Sunny-to-start-cloudy-later
I counted n=16 at Tunbridge Wells station. Seven picnickers finished the walk in Tonbridge, six went to the Finch House cafe for tea and cakes. Although busy, service was fast and there was plenty of seating. We caught the 16.44 train back to London Bridge. Nice walk.
I must put in a word for the Basil Café, 30 High St, Tonbridge TN9 1EJ which is open 9-4.30 (last orders) on Saturdays. Earlier closing times during the week. Very friendly and helpful staff, generous pots of tea, and delicious cakes. Five of us had refreshments there on Saturday
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