Saturday Walk - Borough Green to Sevenoaks Walk (Proposed)

Length: 15.1km (9.4 miles) or 17.4km (10.8 miles) via Shipbourne

Toughness: 4 out of 10

Travel:  09.55 train from Victoria, calling at Bromley Sth (10.12) St Mary Cray (10.18) Swanley (10.23) arriving Borough Green at 10.41

Frequent return trains from Seven Oaks.

Ticket: Buy a day return to Borough Green, which usually seems to be accepted for return from Sevenoaks.  (If not, buy a single from Sevenoaks to Otford.)

For walk directions click here, for GPX click here, for a map of the route click here.

As this is not a long walk,  a more leisurely pace is recommended to experience the fresh green woods, apple orchards, fields with sheep and lambs (and hopefully buttercups) and the quiet village of Plaxtol.  This could possibly be the best time of year to enjoy this walk.    

Lunch: The lunch pub is the lovely Chaser Inn, with a large garden slightly off the route.  Tea or light lunches also available at Igtham Mote, a national trust property.  The café is accessible without paying an entrance charge. 

You eventually end up in Knole Park, with it’s sweet chestnut, oak and beech trees (and deer).  There is a National Trust tea room open till 5pm.  Alternatively there is a Gails and other tearooms in Sevenoaks. 

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