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DARTFORD & GRAVESHAM WALKS PROGRAMME 1 JUNE 2008
- 5 OCTOBER 2008 |
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Contact: Joyce Gathercole 020 8310 2453 |
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Date |
Start
Time |
Miles |
Description and Pub Stop |
Meeting Point |
Grid
Reference |
Sun
1- Jun |
9.30 |
10 |
Taking in parts of North Downs Way, Stour valley walk & Green Sands Way.
Cream teas at end of walk |
Charing Station CP |
TQ 950 491 |
Sat
7- Jun |
7.30 |
7.5 |
Farmland. Breakfast at Lullingstone Golf Club |
Crockenhill public CP |
TQ 504 671 |
Sun
8- Jun |
10.00 |
11.5 |
Long leisurely walk, no hills, via Silver Street, Sussex Border Path &
Salehurst. Joint with Maidstone Group. Pub Stop Castle Inn and NT Tea
Rooms |
Robertsbridge Station CP |
TQ 733 235 |
Sun
8- Jun |
10.00 |
6 |
Undulating walk, easy pace with lovely views. Pub Stop or Coffee Stop at
end of walk |
Camer Park PCP |
TQ 650 669 |
Thur
12- Jun |
10.00 |
6 |
Pretty walk via Wessells Wood and Stansted. Lunch at end of walk (Rose &
Crown, Wrotham) |
Wrotham street parking near toilets |
TQ 613 595 |
Sun
15- Jun |
10.00 |
8 |
Flat walk, meadows and farmland.
Pub stop Bough Beech |
Penshurst Station |
TQ 520 464 |
Sun
15- Jun |
10.00 |
12 |
A scenic undulating walk in Ashdown Forest, Danehill and Nutley |
The start point has had to be
changed as the car park is closed.
Going south along the B2026, take the first right turn towards
Nutley after the wireless aerials on the left.
The grid reference is now
TQ 462 288.
|
TQ 467 279 |
Sun
22- Jun |
10.00 |
8.5 |
Linear walk, gently undulating, mainly following The Crab & Winkle way.
Pub Stop Blean. Optional refreshments at end of walk. Approx £5 in
change required for car park and bus fare. |
Large car park, Westgate Terrace (off Harbour Road), Whitstable. Prompt
start to catch bus to Canterbury. |
TR 109 670 |
Wed
25- Jun |
10.00 |
6 |
Saxon Shore Way, Upnor to Hoo. Some steep parts. Lunch in Upnor Pub |
Upper Upnor PCP |
TQ 757 706 |
Sat
28- Jun |
10.00 |
7 |
Along north bank of Thames, walk around historic Chelsea and return via
Hyde and Green Parks. Choice of eateries. |
Charing Cross Station Platform 1 |
TQ 303 805 |
Sun
29- Jun |
10.00 |
4 |
Undulating |
Shipbourne Common
Opposite Church |
TQ 593 523 |
Sun
29- Jun |
10.00 |
9 |
Circular walk around the Eden Valley in historic "chocolate box"
settings. Lunch stop at Chiddingstone. |
Hever Station CP |
TQ 465 445 |
Sun
6- Jul |
10.00 |
10 |
A moderate walk via Dunks Green, Hurst Wood, Basted & Ightham Common.
Pub Stop The Plough, Basted |
Ightham Mote National Trust CP |
TQ 585 536 |
Sun
6- Jul |
10.00 |
6 |
Extensive views. Two moderate climbs |
Knockholt Pound. Road parking by the green |
TQ 481 595 |
Sat
12- Jul |
10.00 |
7.5 |
River and farmland. Undulating. Pub stop West Farleigh |
Wateringbury Station |
TQ 692 528 |
Sun
13- Jul |
10.00 |
6 |
Fairly flat, easy walk with fields, orchards and parkland via West
Peckham and Oxenhoath |
Hadlow.
Street parking |
TQ 636 504 |
Sun
13- Jul |
10.00 |
9 |
Farnborough - Down - Cudham - High Elms. Pub Stop Cudham (Blacksmiths
Arms) |
Farnborough Village
Street Parking |
TQ 442 642 |
Sat
19- Jul |
7.30 |
7.5 |
River and farmland. Breakfast at Brooklands or Swanley |
Farningham, Station Road |
TQ 560 692 |
Sun
20- Jul |
10.00 |
8 |
A flat, scenic walk overlooking Whitstable Bay, and walking through bird
sanctuary. Pub Stop Harty Ferry. |
Shell Ness CP. Eastern point on Isle of Sheppey |
TR 052 682 |
Sun
20- Jul |
10.00 |
4 |
Moderately hilly and scenic |
Ightham Mote National Trust CP |
TQ 584 535 |
Sun
27- Jul |
10.00 |
8 |
Undulating with open farmland and woods. Pub Stop Downe TBA |
Cudham PCP next to pub |
TQ 446 597 |
Sun
27- Jul |
10.00 |
11 |
Undulating with wonderful views of the Stour Valley. Pub Stop The
Compass Inn, Sole Street. |
Wye PCP Churchfield Way opp. The Green |
TR 053 468 |
Sat
2- Aug |
10.00 |
10 |
London Loop Section 7. Kingston to Hatton Cross. Fairly flat. Bring
packed lunch. Get a London all Zone Travel card |
Waterloo Main Station
Platform 15
|
TQ 311 799 |
Sun
3- Aug |
10.00 |
5.5 |
Circular walk around Pembury. Pub Stop Oyster Catcher, Tudeley, or
George & Dragon at Capel TBA |
Changed to Tudeley Woods Nature Reserve RSPB Car
Park |
TQ 617 433 |
Sun
3- Aug |
10.00 |
11 |
A moderate walk via Weir Wood Reservoir: High Weald Landscape Trail &
Sussex Border Path. Pub Stop West Hoathly |
Near Wych Cross, off A22 going South - turn right at Wych Cross. CP 2km
on right. |
TQ 401 326 |
Sun
10- Aug |
10.00 |
9 |
Through undulating and scenic farmland and woods with lovely views.
Lunch stop at Speldhurst |
Ashurst Station CP |
TQ 508 388 |
Sun
10- Aug |
10.00 |
6 |
Undulating, with beautiful views.
Pub Stop at end of walk |
Shorne Country Park
Parking fee! |
TQ 684 699 |
Thur
14- Aug |
10.00 |
6 |
Pretty walk, bit of climbing, via Birling, NDW & Ryarsh Wood. Lunch at
end of walk |
Duke of Wellington PH CP, Ryarsh |
TQ 672 598 |
Sat
16- Aug |
7.30 |
7.5 |
Farmland. Breakfast at West Kingsdown |
Stansted public CP |
TQ 608 623 |
Sun
17- Aug |
10.00 |
6 |
Fairly easy walking, via Hodsoll St and Fairseat with fields and
woodland. |
Stansted recreation ground |
TQ 607 623 |
Sun
17- Aug |
10.00 |
11 |
AM Bedgebury Pinetum; PM Sussex Border Path. Pub Stop Flimwell |
Hawkhurst PCP |
TQ 762 305 |
Sun
24- Aug |
10.00 |
7.5 |
Open farmland and some woods. Pub Stop Ringlestone Inn |
Harrietsham
Station Car Park |
TQ 866 529 |
Sun
24- Aug |
10.00 |
12 |
Easy walking. Part coastal walk from Deal via Sandwich & Betteshanger
Country Park. Pub Stop TBA |
Deal Pier, Street Parking |
TR 378 528 |
Sat
30- Aug |
9.30 |
12.5 |
Flat walk from Eton Riverside via Long Walk to Windsor Great Park. Lunch
Stop Windsor Great Park (bring picnic). |
Waterloo Main Line Stn. At bottom of escalator |
TQ 313 801 |
Sun
31- Aug |
10.00 |
10 |
Gently undulating walk taking in parts of the Sussex Border Path and the
Eden Valley Walk. Pub Stop TBA. |
Cowden Station CP
Just off B2026 south
of Edenbridge. |
TQ 476 417 |
Sun
31- Aug |
10.00 |
8 |
Woods and farmland. Pub Stop The Kentish Horse, Mark Beech. |
Penshurst layby on B2126 |
TQ 526 438 |
Sat
6- Sept |
7.30 |
7.5 |
Meadows and woods. Breakfast at Wilmington |
North Cray, Leafield Road layby off A223 |
TQ 486 721 |
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Sun 7-Sept |
10.00 |
4 |
Fairly flat, fields and woods |
Leigh village green |
TQ 549 466 |
Sun
14- Sept |
10.00 |
4 |
Fields and orchards. One gentle slope |
Camer Park PCP |
TQ 650 669 |
Sun
14- Sept |
10.00 |
10 |
Undulating with orchards, fields and passing Scotney Castle. Pub Stop
The Swan. |
Lamberhurst PCP |
TQ 676 362 |
Sun
21- Sept |
10.00 |
11 |
Scenic walk along parts of Sussex Border Path. Pub Stop The Anchor,
Hartfield. |
Holtye Common CP
opposite pub |
TQ 459 393 |
Sun
21- Sept |
10.00 |
6 |
Undulating, woods and farmland. Pub & tea rooms in Westerham at end of
walk |
Hosey Common PCP
Off B2026 |
TQ 453 531 |
Thur
25- Sept |
10.00 |
6 |
Flat-ish walk via South Street and Park Valley. Lunch at end of walk at
The Harrow, Stockbury |
