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To nakedly plagiarise from WesSev 4...

"This is a superb way to walk between Westerham and Sevenoaks, taking in some beautiful views and gorgeous woodlands. The route has a good resting place at Emmetts Garden, a National Trust Property (with tea room and accessible toilet ) that's 4km from Westerham."

And a second good resting place is the Pheasant Plucker pub, 6km from Sevenoaks. I've attached a small map showing these and other possibilities.

Basically I've taken the western half of WesSev 4 and the eastern half of EdeSev 1, shaken them up, ironed them out and come up with an even more superb (and more "off-road") walk. The route gets out of Sevenoaks into woodland faster and without the alleyway or tall hedges of WesSev 4. There's no walking along Dibden Lane or Bessells Green Road, both quite busy and fast with no or limited pavement. And ok, it doesn't quite pass the Pheasant Plucker but it is a quiet 400m walk each way from the triangular green at ///pushed.pure.closet TQ4967852983.

Notes (from west, Wes, to east, Sev):
Westerham is charming and has a small high street, pubs, tearooms etc plus a regular 7 day TfLondon bus service to either Hayes and Bromley South stations. There are also local (less regular) bus links e.g. to Oxted, Edenbridge and Sevenoaks stations.
There are paved steps, a stone stile and a steep climb coming out of Westerham but the reward is the view back across the town towards the S Downs scarp. Then a deliberate "narrow gap" through a fence to mix things up.
This version keeps off the road through Hosey Common and uses a public footpath which I've tested (around the edge and past the closed off mine entrance). Was easy to follow but it's just one of many off-road ways to cross the common which is Open Access Land.
The valley to the west of French Street has long climbs either side, the eastern side is particularly beautiful and the western side has a long flight of steps.
Sadly the 210 bus service (you'll pass the stop) is now only extended to Brasted Chart at school bus times.
The small deviation from WesSev 4 just west of Emmett's Garden (National Trust) is simply to avoid 100m walking along Emmett's Road by crossing straight over onto a permissive linking path.
There are a handful of tourist buses from Emmett's Garden (the car park?) on seasonal Saturdays only.
Emmett's Garden has many picnic benches, a coffee/ice cream van and toilets all facing onto the public footpath and a tea room within. You can sneak a peak at the gardens over the hedge.
[The Fox and Hounds (Chart Lane) and The Cock (Ide Hill village green) are both also within walking distance of the middle part of the route but less convenient.]
Downhill to the east is the Ide Hill cricket pitch which also has a few benches that may not always be in use.
Walking 350m along Sundridge Road is the metaphorical low point of both routes, there's no verge or pavement, steep hedge banks and fairly fast and busy traffic.
The sections of road walking between Sundridge Road and Sevenoaks are all much quieter.
This route separates from WesSev 4 a little beyond 'Brook Place' (road name unknown to me).
Unfortunately there were signs in the woodlands between there and Back Lane warning you off some the forestry tracks used in EdeSev 1, although the 'Montreal Estate' do allow permissive access elsewhere.
After 225m on Back Lane there is no more road walking until Sevenoaks, just one road crossing and then a farm/pedestrian underpass of the busy A21 bypass.
I chose Kippington Road over Brittain's Lane as the penultimate stretch, despite the climb and private road signs, as there was far less traffic and I liked the view from the top of Redlands Road. (Also I'm pretty sure pedestrian access is allowed because of the public footpaths coming in and out as well as the council owned recreation ground further north).
There are limited shopping options by Sevenoaks Station but this route passes a mini Waitrose, and a Lidl is about 100m west on London Road in the other direction.
Sevenoaks is very well connected for trains (and is now inside the contactless TfLondon payment zone) and for buses to Kent (but not into London) but the town centre is up a long hill, walking up Granville Road instead is more pleasant.

Elsewhere there are other potential access issues like kissing gates and other gates, other stiles (I think, check Kent Council website to be sure), shorter steep sections, a slightly rocky eroded path, raised roots across the path, the usual, including likely mud in winter but it's not clay soil so not too sticky

To nakedly plagiarise from WesSev 4...

"This is a superb way to walk between Westerham and Sevenoaks, taking in some beautiful views and gorgeous woodlands. The route has a good resting place at Emmetts Garden, a National Trust Property (with tea room and accessible toilet ) that's 4km from Westerham."

And a second good resting place is the Pheasant Plucker pub, 6km from Sevenoaks. I've attached a small map showing these and other possibilities.

Basically I've taken the western half of WesSev 4 and the eastern half of EdeSev 1, shaken them up, ironed them out and come up with an even more superb (and more "off-road") walk. The route gets out of Sevenoaks into woodland faster and without the alleyway or tall hedges of WesSev 4. There's no walking along Dibden Lane or Bessells Green Road, both quite busy and fast with no or limited pavement. And ok, it doesn't quite pass the Pheasant Plucker but it is a quiet 400m walk each way from the triangular green at ///pushed.pure.closet TQ4967852983.

Notes (from west, Wes, to east, Sev):
Westerham is charming and has a small high street, pubs, tearooms etc plus a regular 7 day TfLondon bus service to either Hayes and Bromley South stations. There are also local (less regular) bus links e.g. to Oxted, Edenbridge and Sevenoaks stations.
There are paved steps, a stone stile and a steep climb coming out of Westerham but the reward is the view back across the town towards the S Downs scarp. Then a deliberate "narrow gap" through a fence to mix things up.
This version keeps off the road through Hosey Common and uses a public footpath which I've tested (around the edge and past the closed off mine entrance). Was easy to follow but it's just one of many off-road ways to cross the common which is Open Access Land.
The valley to the west of French Street has long climbs either side, the eastern side is particularly beautiful and the western side has a long flight of steps.
Sadly the 210 bus service (you'll pass the stop) is now only extended to Brasted Chart at school bus times.
The small deviation from WesSev 4 just west of Emmett's Garden (National Trust) is simply to avoid 100m walking along Emmett's Road by crossing straight over onto a permissive linking path.
There are a handful of tourist buses from Emmett's Garden (the car park?) on seasonal Saturdays only.
Emmett's Garden has many picnic benches, a coffee/ice cream van and toilets all facing onto the public footpath and a tea room within. You can sneak a peak at the gardens over the hedge.
[The Fox and Hounds (Chart Lane) and The Cock (Ide Hill village green) are both also within walking distance of the middle part of the route but less convenient.]
Downhill to the east is the Ide Hill cricket pitch which also has a few benches that may not always be in use.
Walking 350m along Sundridge Road is the metaphorical low point of both routes, there's no verge or pavement, steep hedge banks and fairly fast and busy traffic.
The sections of road walking between Sundridge Road and Sevenoaks are all much quieter.
This route separates from WesSev 4 a little beyond 'Brook Place' (road name unknown to me).
Unfortunately there were signs in the woodlands between there and Back Lane warning you off some the forestry tracks used in EdeSev 1, although the 'Montreal Estate' do allow permissive access elsewhere.
After 225m on Back Lane there is no more road walking until Sevenoaks, just one road crossing and then a farm/pedestrian underpass of the busy A21 bypass.
I chose Kippington Road over Brittain's Lane as the penultimate stretch, despite the climb and private road signs, as there was far less traffic and I liked the view from the top of Redlands Road. (Also I'm pretty sure pedestrian access is allowed because of the public footpaths coming in and out as well as the council owned recreation ground further north).
There are limited shopping options by Sevenoaks Station but this route passes a mini Waitrose, and a Lidl is about 100m west on London Road in the other direction.
Sevenoaks is very well connected for trains (and is now inside the contactless TfLondon payment zone) and for buses to Kent (but not into London) but the town centre is up a long hill, walking up Granville Road instead is more pleasant.

Elsewhere there are other potential access issues like kissing gates and other gates, other stiles (I think, check Kent Council website to be sure), shorter steep sections, a slightly rocky eroded path, raised roots across the path, the usual, including likely mud in winter but it's not clay soil so not too sticky