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Dartford and Gravesham Group

DARTFORD & GRAVESHAM WALKS PROGRAMME 1 JUNE 2008 - 5 OCTOBER 2008 
Contact: Joyce Gathercole 020 8310 2453 
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
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