Southborough — Tonbridge
Souton one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Southborough and Tonbridge.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Southborough and Tonbridge.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (1)
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Downloads - 11
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Grade 3: Route includes rough surfaces that may include small boulders, potholes, shallow ruts, loose gravel, short muddy sections. Access grade X: At least one stile, flight of steps or other obstacle that is highly likely to block access for wheelchair and scooter users. |
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Measurements
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The narrowest part of the path is 12.0cm (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking East 25.0% (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking West 16.0% (1)
The steepest camber: no data
How clear is the waymarking on the route: Unclear in places (1)
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Terrain
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54.0% of the route is on roads (1)
40.0% of the route is lit at night (1)
40.0% of the route is paved (1)
10.0% of the route is muddy (1)
10.0% of the route is over rough ground (1)
5.0% of the route is through long grass (1)
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Start and end points
Southborough
Grid Ref
TQ5812742111
Lat / Lon
51.15641° / 0.25981°
Easting / Northing
558,127E / 142,111N
What3Words
vocal.bucked.moved
Tonbridge
Grid Ref
TQ5905346521
Lat / Lon
51.19577° / 0.27499°
Easting / Northing
559,053E / 146,521N
What3Words
organ.hungry.mock
Souton One's land is
Southborough | |
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Grid Ref | TQ5812742111 |
Lat / Lon | 51.15641° / 0.25981° |
Easting / Northing | 558,127E / 142,111N |
What3Words | vocal.bucked.moved |
Tonbridge | |
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Grid Ref | TQ5905346521 |
Lat / Lon | 51.19577° / 0.27499° |
Easting / Northing | 559,053E / 146,521N |
What3Words | organ.hungry.mock |
Arable | 11.5% |
Pasture | 34.4% |
Urban | 48.3% |
Woods | 5.8% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Daisy C
04 Jul 2023Nice walk, pretty direct but the road walking near Mount Farm is unpavemented, high hedged and has quite tight turns. Probably a better bet in wet weather than SouTon 2, there were only a few pretty short bits that must have been very muddy in spring.
Started at Southborough. Left the village then into some meadows with small woodlands, probably a local nature reserve or similar, very . Where you leave the lower meadows the path and postmarker were rather hidden where tree boughs had drooped down. The path continuing around the meadows is far more well used so could be distracting. From here on is farm land, mostly grazing. There was a cow with a calf so small, wobbly and damp that it may have only been born today. Next is the road section without a pavement and very poor sight lines. I was very alert to approaching cars but didn't actually feel unsafe as they passed. Only saw four, one felt the need to beep approaching each corner.
There's a little bridge over a stream which is cambered different ways at either end, but disconcerting. There's a few stiles along the way with missing or no steps.
Walking in through Tonbridge seems like it could be on quieter roads. It was simple to navigate and did have a great view though.
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