Or do the whole main walk - 17.8km (11 miles) and a good strenuous work out. This short cut certainly removes a big descent and ascent. Normally the caveat against this short cut is that it goes through dull woods rather than dramatic escarpment scenery, but the woods might be rather picturesque at this time of year. Alternatively, if you continue on the main route but take the short cut to Emmetts Garden when prompted, you will do a total walk of 15km (9.3 miles). A short ending to Westerham (with a new improved start never done by the SWC, incidentally) takes you to Westerham in just 4.8km (3 miles), making a total walk from Edenbridge of 11.6km (7.2 miles). Lunch is usually (but see ** below for other options) taken after 4.2 miles in the self-service restaurant at Chartwell, country home of Winston Churchill (he was a famous predecessor of Boris Johnson, apparently.). It IS November, though: don’t come in your party shoes. There are also fine escarpment views and a section across open fields at the start: the latter may be muddy, but once on the Greensand Ridge things should be better. There may not be much autumn colour left now, but this route passes through lots of woods where it might still be lurking. This walk is often done in bluebell time, but has not had a weekend outing at this time of year since 2012. Toughness: 4 out of 10, apart from the very longest option which is 8 out of 10 T=3.79ġ0.10 train from Charing Cross (10.13 Waterloo East, 10.19 London Bridge) to Tonbridge, changing there for the 11.01 to Edenbridge, arriving 11.16īuy a day return to ‘Edenbridge stations’įor walk directions click here, for GPX click here, for a map of the route click here. Length: Options from 11.6km (7.2 miles) to 15km (9.3 miles) to 17.8km (11 miles) Eg a four carriage train is not enough on the Uckfield Line. Rail companies, I know you are not reading this, but having taken two to three months to cut services to correspond to January passenger numbers, I hope you are not going to now take the same time to ramp them back up again. The first swallows were seen, swooping low over the cow poo, and at last a handful of butterflies were also on the wing - brimstones, orange tips and peacocks. The real star flowers, however, were lesser celandines and dandelions, both present in great quantities. The bluebells were only at the "blue haze" stage, but in places were getting a bit beyond that. I think some got alcoholic drinks on the green in Westerham. Five of us had tea at the community shop in Ide Hill, sitting on a grass bank to consume it. We split into small groups, so my account of the walk will inevitably be partial, but I know quite a few picnicked on the ridge, with fabulous views to the south. Nearly everyone had used the LWUG site to pre-register - so thanks for that - and those that had not provided email addresses on paper slips, so that all worked very efficiently. Sat, 01-May-10 Hurst Green to Westerham Ģ4 on this walk on a gloriously sunny day, which even felt WARM quite a lot of the time - what a novelty! Most came on the specified train, two found one that arrived three minutes later, and two came on a later train. Sat, 13-Nov-10 Edenbridge Town to Westerham (short walk) Wed, 31-Aug-11 Edenbridge Town to Westerham Sat, 06-Oct-12 Edenbridge to Chiddingstone Causeway, via Crockham Hill Sat, 05-Jan-13 Edenbridge to Westerham (short walk) Sat, 13-Dec-14 Edenbridge to Westerham (short walk) Tue, 29-Dec-15 Tuesday walk - Up and Over the Greensand Ridge Sun, 19-Mar-17 Sunday walk: Greensand Ridge and Churchill's home Mainly dry cloudy with sunny and warm intervals and a couple short showers in the afternoon Mon, 01-May-17 Bank Holiday Monday walk - bluebells, views, Chartwell, ridges, an NT garden Wed, 18-Oct-17 Wednesday Walk – Eden Valley and Greensand Ridge: Edenbridge Town to Westerhamĭrizzle to lunch then thick fog with the sun trying to break through late on Sat, 05-May-18 Saturday walk - Hurst Green to Ide Hill and onwards - bluebells and views Sun, 30-Dec-18 Sunday walk: The Eden valley and the Greensand ridge Sat, 23-Nov-19 Saturday walk - Edenbridge to Westerham - Up and over the Greensand Ridge Sat, 17-Apr-21 Hurst Green to Westerham - early bluebells, hopefully
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