D I S TA N C E5.5 miles/ 9 km

D U R AT I O N2 hours

�e Bottle House Inn - 15th Century Free House, Coldharbour Road, Penshurst, Kent TN11 8ET - T. 01892 870 306

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Park at �e Bottle House and follow the private drive up alongside the pub, where the footpath follows the boundary between fences. Turn le� at the wooden gate into a �eld and walk directly across, with the pond on the le�. �e footpath goes down steep steps to the road, cross the road and down a further set of steep wooden steps. Follow the line ofa wooded slope to a gate, crossing two undulating �elds. At the footbridge, cross the brook and bearle� around the Harden Vineyard, followingthe footpath signs.

�e narrow footpath (which is deeply tracked and muddy in winter) follows up through a wooded area, turn right towards the large oak trees on the le� hand side of a meadow.

Follow the boundary, keeping the fence line on the le� and the vines on the right, through a gate, cross a �eld passing a barn on the right and down the slope to a wooden kissing gate at the top of a narrow path.

Follow the wide grass track down to a private lane (Salmans Farm) and turn le�. �is tarmac lane leads onto a cinder track, passing a cluster of houses on the right and a large mill pond on the le�.

�e lane should be followed up the hill until a collection of farm cottages and barns at Watstock Farm. Turn right at the fork and take the track down to meet the tarmac lane, bearing le� until emerging onto the road opposite Penshurst Place.

Turn right at the road and walk through Penshurst village, bearing le� at the T-junction in the centre of the village. (�ere are some public toilets in a small building set o� the road on the right hand side)

Pass Leicester Square on the le�, through whichthe churchyard is entered between a group of old half-timbered cottages, the entrance to Penshurst Place, and cross the two bridges over the river.

Halfway up Rogues Hill, opposite the entrance to Elliott’s Farm Enterprise Centre, turn right at the footpath sign, passing through a metal gate. Follow this track until it emerges onto open �elds, keepingto the le� boundary, with the slope going up to Swaylands School. Continue until a metal �eld gate and follow the boundary down the side of the �eld as far as a metal footbridge. Cross the footbridge, again following the boundary to the le� hand side of the �eld until a second metal gate atthe end of a track.

Bear right at the track following between two hedges and through the farmyard. Follow the track until immediately before a cottage on the le�, and turn le� directly up the side of the �eld to where the track emerges on the road (B2188). Take care crossing the road and go up some steep wood steps to emerge intoa meadow. Bear right straight up the steep hill.At the top there are �ne views across the valley and over the Medway.

Pass through a wooden gate, and come out onto the road at the side of Chapel House. Turn right onto the road, passing �e Spotted Dog on your right, and at the junction, bear le� into Nunnery Lane. Take the �rst turning on the right into a narrow path between trees, emerging almost opposite �e Bottle House car park.

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Moderate ability walk through �elds, along Rivers Eden & Medway, and through Penshurst village with its attractive church. Some steep steps and a number of stiles. Paths will get muddy in winter.

B O T T L E H O U S E WA L K S5.5 miles/ 9 km - 2 hours

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