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West Kent Walking Group

We are the West Kent Walking Group. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

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Overview

Meeting outside the Leicester Arms in the village centre, we'll head in an anti clockwise direction up and around the Penshurst Place estate with some views of the house, then West over towards Chiddingstone along some less familiar paths.

If the weather is awful we can cut out the first section of the walk, reducing it from 7.9 to around 6 miles.

There wont be a formal stop en route, just a pause or two for drinks/snacks.

The pub is ideally situated for a post walk drink. Otherwise, there is a cafe at Penshurst Place near the start of the walk, which serves hot drinks, cakes, light lunches and has toilets. There is ample free parking at Penshurst Place too.

 

Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Start time:
9:45 am
Estimated finish time:
1:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
12.7km / 7.9mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
circular

If you can, please RSVP to this walk via our Meetup site. This will give our volunteer walk leaders an idea of how many are attending. 

https://www.meetup.com/west-kent-walking-and-outdoor-group

Starting point

Grid reference:
TQ 52691 43756
Nearest postcode:
TN11 8BT
what3words:
lifts.stray.cones
Start time:
9:45 am

Meet outside The Leicester Arms. There is a reasonable amount of on street parking in the village or park at Penshurst Place - 5 minutes walk away.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking