Roywad two

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Through the steep sided hills of the High Weald, this is a very beautiful and fairly remote route. About 60% is off road but, apart from through Wadhurst and T. Wells, these roads are particularly quiet lanes, mostly only for access. The landscape is a mix of small grazing pastures and many small woods, which is typical of the area. A large part uses the Sussex Border Path, which is fairly up and down, with footbridges over the many streams, although the signs for the SBP itself are a bit hit and miss. From Frant to the Tunbridge Wells border follows the Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk and the High Weald Landscape Trail.

There is one section along a permissive path not shown on OS maps. This is from the pretty village of Frant and down the side of Eridge Old Park towards a crossing point of the busy A267. This can be wet and very muddy in places and apparently tricky to follow when fallen leaves cover the path or bracken obscures the signs, it also crosses a smaller stream. Government funding for permissive paths ended a few years ago so maintenance and access on this path may not persist. If it becomes unusable the alternative is Downs Lane between TQ 5885 3446 and TQ 5953 3342, that's probably fairly quiet and there is a fairly adequate path to there from Frant along the A267.

Frant is the only resting place: 2 pubs, a cafe, sporadic buses, and a station about a mile away. Replacement for TonPad 1 which had an impossible railway crossing. Route was tested before posting at the end of a wet March: glad I wore waterproofs, wish I'd also had waterproof socks or gaiters.

Majority overlaps with Saturday Walking Club route 196. Website may have more news about the permissive path and has detailled route instructions. https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/wadhurst-to-tunbridge-wells/index.html

Through the steep sided hills of the High Weald, this is a very beautiful and fairly remote route. About 60% is off road but, apart from through Wadhurst and T. Wells, these roads are particularly quiet lanes, mostly only for access. The landscape is a mix of small grazing pastures and many small woods, which is typical of the area. A large part uses the Sussex Border Path, which is fairly up and down, with footbridges over the many streams, although the signs for the SBP itself are a bit hit and miss. From Frant to the Tunbridge Wells border follows the Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk and the High Weald Landscape Trail.

There is one section along a permissive path not shown on OS maps. This is from the pretty village of Frant and down the side of Eridge Old Park towards a crossing point of the busy A267. This can be wet and very muddy in places and apparently tricky to follow when fallen leaves cover the path or bracken obscures the signs, it also crosses a smaller stream. Government funding for permissive paths ended a few years ago so maintenance and access on this path may not persist. If it becomes unusable the alternative is Downs Lane between TQ 5885 3446 and TQ 5953 3342, that's probably fairly quiet and there is a fairly adequate path to there from Frant along the A267.

Frant is the only resting place: 2 pubs, a cafe, sporadic buses, and a station about a mile away. Replacement for TonPad 1 which had an impossible railway crossing. Route was tested before posting at the end of a wet March: glad I wore waterproofs, wish I'd also had waterproof socks or gaiters.

Majority overlaps with Saturday Walking Club route 196. Website may have more news about the permissive path and has detailled route instructions. https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/wadhurst-to-tunbridge-wells/index.html