Royal Tunbridge Wells — Lamberhurst
Roylam three
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By Daisy C on 09 May 2023
Description
Between Lamberhurst and Tunbridge Wells there is a huge area of land with no public access at all, near (very roughly) Bayham Abbey. This route has to loop round to the south, and sometimes is along roads, about 60%, which is unavoidable. Mostly quieter looking lanes, not the B2169 (Bayham Rd) or the (far far worse) A21. There might be occasional bad sight lines etc on the lanes, apparently typical in the area, hopefully this route is quiet at least. The B2169 crossing at the Ivy Lane junction TQ 6157 3599 isn't ideal, but there are wide verges and it's fairly straight. The other crossing near Lamberhurst (TQ 667 356) looks great.
It's probably pretty steep in places. Kent Council's footpath maps show stiles, gates and steps. One stream crossing is a ford (TQ 6020 3792).
You could break the journey early by diverting to Frant train station (which is in Bells Yew Green not Frant) where there is also a pub, best way non-private-road way might be from TQ 6127 3653 using Hawkenbury Lane, round trip adds 1km.
There are a few bus services which might be infrequent. And another pub at Hook Green but would adds a lot of distance and/or road walking.
Roylam 1 (now deleted) went across that large area of private land, and the first reviewer had to divert a lot, although she enjoyed other parts of the route. Hopefully she would enjoy this one too
Between Lamberhurst and Tunbridge Wells there is a huge area of land with no public access at all, near (very roughly) Bayham Abbey. This route has to loop round to the south, and sometimes is along roads, about 60%, which is unavoidable. Mostly quieter looking lanes, not the B2169 (Bayham Rd) or the (far far worse) A21. There might be occasional bad sight lines etc on the lanes, apparently typical in the area, hopefully this route is quiet at least. The B2169 crossing at the Ivy Lane junction TQ 6157 3599 isn't ideal, but there are wide verges and it's fairly straight. The other crossing near Lamberhurst (TQ 667 356) looks great.
It's probably pretty steep in places. Kent Council's footpath maps show stiles, gates and steps. One stream crossing is a ford (TQ 6020 3792).
You could break the journey early by diverting to Frant train station (which is in Bells Yew Green not Frant) where there is also a pub, best way non-private-road way might be from TQ 6127 3653 using Hawkenbury Lane, round trip adds 1km.
There are a few bus services which might be infrequent. And another pub at Hook Green but would adds a lot of distance and/or road walking.
Roylam 1 (now deleted) went across that large area of private land, and the first reviewer had to divert a lot, although she enjoyed other parts of the route. Hopefully she would enjoy this one too
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Grid Ref
TQ5845739197
Lat / Lon
51.13013° / 0.26325°
Easting / Northing
558,457E / 139,197N
What3Words
issued.much.joins
Lamberhurst
Grid Ref
TQ6758636155
Lat / Lon
51.10021° / 0.39219°
Easting / Northing
567,586E / 136,155N
What3Words
plums.resonates.roadblock
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ5845739197 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.13013° / 0.26325° |
| Easting / Northing | 558,457E / 139,197N |
| What3Words | issued.much.joins |
| Lamberhurst | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ6758636155 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.10021° / 0.39219° |
| Easting / Northing | 567,586E / 136,155N |
| What3Words | plums.resonates.roadblock |
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