Walks Walks - Take in a good pub
INCORPORATING a nice pub into the route is an essential part of many people’s walks – and a fast- growing website is making it easier than ever.
The first national website dedicated to pub walks, My Favourite Pub Walks, offers plenty of options for walkers to begin, end and stop off at pubs along the way.
There are many sites showing walks and many listing pubs but
myfavouritepubwalks.com has walks that are indexed based on the pubs themselves.
Contributors to the site are not only walkers and
Stalisfield Green (near Faversham) – Plough Inn, Stalisfield Road A moderate 11-mile (four-and-a-half) hour walk through the heart of the Kent Downs, taking in Newnham, Eastling and Doddington Take a walk through an outstanding landscape of woodland, open grassland, fields and parkland; countryside so peaceful and timeless that you’ll think the nearest town is a hundred miles away, not just a stone’s throw. You can start at any point on the walk or just take in part of it; the website includes a shortcut that carves the walk in two. Each of the villages has a pub offering welcome refreshment and there are Doddington Place Gardens, Belmont and Sandhurst Farm Forge to visit. The Syndale Valley runs through the Kent Downs Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty and the countryside here is a rich mix of woodland, pastures, arable fields and orchards. The abundance of woodland makes this a haven for a variety of birds, including rarer species like the lesser-spotted woodpecker and, in areas of coppicing, the tree pipit. This is one of a number of walking leaflets created for the
Faversham website which is an excellent site for walkers and other visitors to the area.
Chiddingstone (near Edenbridge) Castle Inn, High Street An eight-mile (three-hour) walk with break points possible at Penshurst, Charcott, Chiddingstone Causeway and Penshurst Station. A long circular walk from The Castle Inn, which nestles in the pretty village of Chiddingstone and features in The Good Pub Guide and in the AA Pub Guide. This route takes in Penshurst Park, with woodland and riverside stretches, and some views.
The Castle Inn and the hamlet of Chiddingstone are both now
owned by The National Trust to protect this pretty village. Chiddingstone and its row of 16th and 17th century houses are instantly recognisable from being the setting for films such as Room With a View as well as The Wicked Lady, Elizabeth R starring Glenda Jackson, and Life of Hogarth. Although the houses are not open to the public, the Castle Inn is and has been for centuries. This is one of a series of walks contributed by The Castle Inn.
16 Mid Kent Living Routes supplied by
MyFavouritePubWalks.com
The first national pub walks database offering an online space for people to share, download and review their favourite pub walks. If you enjoy these pub walks in Mid Kent Living then why not download others by visiting
MyFavouritePubWalks.com/MidKentLiving
pub-goers but also tourist information offices, pubs, parish councils and walking clubs; the site includes the facility for people to review and rate the pub walks to share their experiences.
We have selected three of the website’s Kent walks to give you a taste of what you can expect.
To view and download the walks, go to
www.myfavouritepubwalks.com/midkentliving
Halling (near Strood) – New Bell Inn, High Street
A two-mile (one hour) circular walk along riverside, country paths and minor roads.
Halling is a splendid base (with a railway station) from which to explore a near wilderness network of connecting paths to Holly Hill (one of the highest points in Kent), Trottiscliffe, Cuxton, Cobham Woods and Luddesdown. There will be many fine views, birds, animals, flowers, plants and trees to see.
This relatively short, moderate, walk offers a riverside stretch, with the pleasures of seeing the traditional wildlife of this habitat, as well as a more elevated section from where you can enjoy views of the surrounding area.
This is one of a number of walks devised for the Medway Walking Festival and reproduced by permission of Halling Parish Council.
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