Sevenoaks — Sole Street
Sevsol two
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By Tony Parsons on 23 Apr 2021
Description
Route details include elevation
Route details include elevation
Status
This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
This route has been flagged (1 times) for reasons relating to safety.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (1)
Problems reported - Safety (1)
Downloads - 3
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Sevenoaks
Grid Ref
TQ5233655351
Lat / Lon
51.27694° / 0.18269°
Easting / Northing
552,336E / 155,351N
What3Words
turns.fairly.fruit
Sole Street
Grid Ref
TQ6563467559
Lat / Lon
51.38291° / 0.37885°
Easting / Northing
565,634E / 167,559N
What3Words
lasts.behave.nearly
| Sevenoaks | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ5233655351 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.27694° / 0.18269° |
| Easting / Northing | 552,336E / 155,351N |
| What3Words | turns.fairly.fruit |
| Sole Street | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TQ6563467559 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.38291° / 0.37885° |
| Easting / Northing | 565,634E / 167,559N |
| What3Words | lasts.behave.nearly |
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review
Daisy C
23 Jul 2023 (edited 27 Sep 2023)This route is basically the same as SevSol 1, I think it was uploaded to fix the problem of the elevation not showing. Dr E Thompson has left a review on SevSol 1 which unfortunately says there is some unsafe road walking between Sole Street and Meopham, particularly along Camer Rd.
I have walked parts of this route now, while testing to find an improved version. There was another quite long and problematic road walking stretch on Harvel Road, which goes along the north side of Vigo Village. It's actually outside the village, has no pavement, no houses beside and no speed restriction. I walked a little way but then went through the village instead. I've been along it in a car too and it was fairly fast with two way traffic. Going through Vigo Village (past a shop and a pub) then into Trosley Country Park (nice walking, good signage) and joining the North Downs Way there seems much safer and more practical.
North of Vigo Village there's a lot of walking along country lanes which although relatively quiet are lined with houses. It's a bit boring.
The section along the North Downs Way, especially along Pilgrims Way was enjoyable, some bits look like road walking on a map but are actually along paths just the other side of the hedge. It runs along the high ground along the base of the escarpment so has nice views, although not quite on as grand as from the top.
I was surprised that the route goes pretty close to places where you can stop but not actually past them, Camer Park public loos, Vigo shop and pub, Trosley Country Park cafe and public loos, Wrotham 2 pubs and public loos. OS maps do have labels for post offices, pubs and toilets but other map systems often don't, and neither are neccessarily reliable.
I also wondered about some of the other road walking on the route but didn't test it.
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