🌞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
Best for
6 activities
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Dog walks
Good match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🥾
Hiking
Good match
Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern)
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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8 signed routes nearby · 31 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional 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
Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Oldbury Hill, Ightham MoteWalking route8.8 km▾
Enjoy this scenic circular walk from Ightham Mote to Oldbury Hill, which offers fine views across the Kentish countryside while passing through an area of mixed woodland as well as fish ponds and an old quarry, possibly dating to the Roman period.
Named routeLength 8.8 kmDuration 03:00Round tripLocal walking route
Shorehill Lanepublic footpath · 279 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 279 mSurface pavedPath type: service
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Horse riding
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3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Shorehill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 255 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 255 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Shorehill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 129 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 129 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Shorehill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 401 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 401 mSurface groundPath type: footway
