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Saturday, 14 June 2025

Ham Street to Appledore

Ham Street to Appledore – a foray into Romney Marshes

This walk has not been done on a Saturday since 2017.  If you are using the printed directions, choose Option A (which will cleverly cut out the directions you do not need – thank you Sean).

This is a peaceful, quiet walk with a very away from it all feel.  Today’s walk takes you through Ham Street Nature Reserve, then back through Ham Street eventually bringing you to the Military Canal.  The route then takes you to Warehorne for lunchtime pub conveniently situated opposite St Mathews Church for picknickers.  After lunch, we stay on the Saxon Shoreway stopping to view St Mary’s Church outside Kenardington, and then on towards the Mount to get views of the expanse of Romney Marshes.  We then walk through Park wood and Heron Wood, and on to Appledore.

Length: 20.5 km (12.8 miles)

Difficulty: 3/10

Travel: 10.40am train from St. Pancras Station.  Arrives Ashford International at 11.18.  Change here for the 11.24 to Ham Street.  Arrives Ham St. 11.32.  As it is a 6 min changeover time, be ready at the doors to dash down through the tunnel and to Platform 1(but do check) from where the Ham St train departs.

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Cheaper option would be from Charing X 9.34; Waterloo East 9.37; LBridge 9.43.  Arrives Ashford Int 10.55 – change to 11.24 train to Ham Street. 

Return trains from Appledore: xx.57 changing at Ashford International.  The station is about 1.5 miles from Appledore village so please allow at least 30 minutes to walk there.

Ticket type:  buy return ticket to Appledore

Lunch: The Woolpack Inn (Phone: 01233 732900), Warehorne.  Good idea to ring ahead and book.  Church opposite for picnickers.

Tea:   Miss Mollets High Class Tearoom.  Open till 4pm. 

The Black Lion pub in Appledore.

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For full directions, map, GPX click here: here

 


1 comment:

branchline said...

#4 walkers disembarked from the train at Ham Street. We had a few problems finding the start of the walk, but then got going through the woods of the Ham Street nature reserve, and then out along the Military Canal. We got to the Woolpack Inn at around 1.30 where 2 of us ate outdoors and one indoors, and one joined us for a cider. Friendly service and very nice food. Weather was #sunny-and-breezy which kept the temperature down for us. We examined the giant ash/willow? Tree in St Mathew’s Churchyard, then walked through huge and beautiful golden fields of Barley and onto the isolated church of St Mary’s overlooking Romney Marsh.
The remainder of the walk continued through many fields of Barley, Oats and maybe a bit of wheat. Arrived in Appledore just as the Tearoom was closing. 3 pressed on to catch the 16.57 and the walk poster stopped to have a long drink in The Black Lion in Appledore before walking to the sleepy station for the next train home.