National Trust - Knole Deer Park, Ightham Mote and the fields of Kent 11 miles.

About

Meeting: at London Bridge Station outside the main ticket office 9.00 am

Train: 9.50am from London Bridge to Seven Oaks arriving 10.39am

To Travel as a group to Sevenoaks. Cost £10 each
you must have £10 addition cost to travel as a group.

You may already Have your own ticket that ok too,

For those who would like to meet us outside Sevenoaks Train Station please be there ready to start the walk at 10.50am

we will wait 10 minutes for late comers.
Walks starts at 10.50am

Walk Starts at Sevenoaks trian station 10.50
Walk finishes approx 5.00pm at Sevenoaks train station

Hike Cost £10: cash on the day, You will need £10 hike fee cash. No Bank transfer.

Dress appropriatly for the weather

Train fair from London Bridge to Sevenoaks £10 if travelling as a group.

Please bring your lunch and water, we will stop for a lunch stop.

This hike will be posted on two other meetup groups on this website. So you will see more new faces attending this event from other meetup groups.

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Details

Come and Join us and explore the amazing landscapes and picturesque fields of Kent.

We will make our way from Sevenoaks Station up to Knole House which was built in the 15th Century, and is one of Englands largest houses, boasting a bedroom for each day of the year.
Following on we will explore the ancient 1000 acres Knole Deer Park, and Ingtham Mote which is a grade 1 listed medieval moated manor house.

This is an area of outstanding beauty, you will be surounded by stunning open space in this expansive stretch of the Greensands Way.
Laurie Lee described this area as “the rolling tidal Landscape of Kent"

You will understand why the beatles filmed promotional videos for “Penny Lane and “Strawberry Field Forever”.

The park is home to over 350 wild deer of which we will have plenty of photo opportunities.

Inghtham Mote has been described as “one of the most beautiful and interesting of English Country Houses” and is one of the original moated medieval manor houses.
The hike takes us through a stunning stretch of wide open space to explore this 1,000 acre deer park, passing by Knole House and Ingthham Mote where there is a cafe, if open, this is our half way stop for lunch.

Please bring your own lunch and water.

After lunch we hike up to explore a wonderful stretch of Greensand Way, this area is named after the sandstone ridge, which crosses Hampshire, Surrey and Kent one of a series of ridges running west to east across Southeast England. Much of this route passes through ancient and semi mature woodland displaying amazing sights of spring. The walk finishes with a pretty stretch back through the grounds of Knole park on the otherside.
Then arriving back at Sevenoaks station for our journey home.

Length of the walk 11 Miles (17.7Km)

Difficulty level: Easy / Moderate

Hike time: 5 hours with a 1 hour lunch stop so 6 hours total.

Hike fee: Cash on the day no bank transfer.

Whatsapp Amar:

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Terms and Conditions:

You must have displayed on your meetup profile a clear photo of your face clearly visible so you can be identified.
By attending this event you understand that the organiser is not responsible or liable for your health and safety. You as an individual are responsible for your health and safety. The host organiser is not held responsible if anything goes wrong.

Last minute changes can occur in cases of emergency hence we advise everyone participating to be part of the WhatsApp group for these events.