🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Best for
7 activities
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Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
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Heritage
Good match
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
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Walking
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10 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Family Walk, KnoleWalking route5 km▾
This is a 5km walk over a mixture of hard surfaces and concrete. There are also sections of short grass and bare earth. Paths climb and descend throughout the walk. Dogs welcome on a lead. This walk is suited to visitors with sturdy pushchairs.
Named routeLength 5 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Boundary Walk, KnoleWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmDuration 01:15Round tripLocal walking route
Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Wilmot Hill, Ightham MoteWalking route6.4 km▾
Enjoy the Kentish countryside from the Ightham Mote estate as you walk the periphery of a large part of its 580 acres. The walk incorporates Scathes Wood, the Greensand Way, Wilmot Hill and Broadhoath Wood. Some steep inclines. Not suitable for wheels.
Named routeLength 6.4 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Knole, Ightham MoteWalking route13.6 km▾
A circular from Ightham Mote through Kentish countryside, along the Greensand Way & areas of outstanding natural beauty, to Knole Park. Return to Ightham Mote via the Duchess Walk, Godden Green & Broadhoath Wood. Undulating trail. Not suitable for wheels.
Named routeLength 13.6 kmDuration 05:00Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Kraken TDC TrailsCycling route▾
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
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5 public paths nearby
Public paths
SR142bridleway · 559 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 559 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
SR142bridleway · 62 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 62 mSurface dirtPath type: steps
