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Paddock Wood — Maidstone

Padmai one

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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021

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Distance

20km/12mi

Ascent

167m

Descent

163m

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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Paddock Wood and Maidstone.

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This route has been reviewed by 2 people.

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Reviews - 2

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Problems reported - Access (1)

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Start and end points

Paddock Wood
Grid Ref	TQ6708645260
Lat / Lon	51.18215^° / 0.38927^°
Easting / Northing	567,086E / 145,260N
What3Words	skim.soups.destined

Maidstone
Grid Ref	TQ7590255982
Lat / Lon	51.27583^° / 0.52054^°
Easting / Northing	575,902E / 155,982N
What3Words	rising.barn.pushed

Padmai One's land is

Arable	25.7%
Other agricultural land	0.4%
Pasture	50.9%
Urban	23.0%

Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018

reviews

Benjoda

21 Apr 2022 Spring

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Maybe this route caught me on the wrong day but I found it tedious and long. It's fine as way of walking from Paddock Wood to Maidstone - the paths are easy to find, it's fairly direct and much the way is on flat, gravel or tarmac surfaces .

But the route gives little back.

With one exception - the view from Tutsham, back over the Medway Valley. Not quite enough to compensate for the tediousness of the rest of the route - but almost.

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And

31 Oct 2021 Autumn

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This is a reasonable route with some pleasant sections by the river Medway and in the higher ground above Yalding.( Walked in late summer /autumn)
I walked this in 3 sections from Maidstone to Teston, then Teston to Yalding and finally Yalding to Paddock Wood. I did lose the route on a couple of occasions and had to use road routes to recover route. The route out of Yalding towards Paddock Wood was very boggy. There was a difficult to find section before getting to Yalding where there route across field was hard to follow as there was a sharp turn marked with chicken wire in them middle of field. ( please note this could be a more difficult in winter with muddy sections near river and care needed)
Overall the route was generally ok for confident walkers and not suitable for bikers and wheelers.

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