WALKS OF THE POACHER & PARTRIDGE No. 3 WALKS OF THE POACHER & PARTRIDGE No. 3

The Large Church Stroll

Walk overview: Distance: 2 miles (3 km) Time: 1 – 1.5 hours

Pic 1: The ‘Public footpath’ signpost by the road Description: A medium length walk around local fields and countryside Pic 2: The footpath along the field finishing with a visit to the famous Tudeley Church.

Pic 3: The footpath along the next field Pic 4: The footpath along the orchard

The Poacher & Partridge www.thepoacherandpartridge.com Pic 5: Sherenden Farm Hartlake Road [email protected] Pic 6: The crossroad with the main road close to The Poacher & Partridge Tudeley Tel: 01732 358934 , © Martin Zatrepalek, 2014 TN11 0PH WALKS OF THE POACHER & PARTRIDGE No. 3 WALKS OF THE POACHER & PARTRIDGE No. 3

Leave The Poacher & Partridge, turn right and walk along the road for about 0.1 miles (150m) until a crossroad with a small road. Turn right onto the road and keep walking along it for about 0.75 miles (1.2km) until a railroad bridge (1) (the road bears right and left). Go under the bridge and continue along the road uphill until a driveway into Bank Farm Stables on the right (2) . Turn onto the driveway and after 20 yards (20m) climb over a stile (3) on the left (it’s marked by a ‘Public footpath’ stone). Climb over it and turn right onto a footpath (follow ‘Public footpath’ arrow on the stile). Keep walking straight along the footpath through the farm ground (the farm buildings are on the right) and into the small woodland area until a turning gate. Go through it and continue straight through the small field until a stile (4) . Climb over it and follow the footpath straight through the field (5) in the direction of the church. At the end of the field, climb over a stile into the church grounds and cemetery. After exploring the church grounds and visiting the church with the famous windows (see walk no.1 for more information), leave the grounds through the gate towards the road. Keep walking along the driveway (6) until the main road, turn right and continue until the drinking fountain on the left. Carry on straight onto the smaller road, over the railway bridge and after 0.3 miles (500m) you will be back at The Poacher & Partridge.

All Saints' Church, Tudeley All Saints' Church in Tudeley, Kent, , is the only church in the world that has The structure was extensively restored and renovated from the late 18th century and all its windows in stained glass designed by Marc Chagall. in 1765 it was rebuilt, largely in red brick at a cost of £1,125. Much of the earlier stone shell of the chancel survives, as well as the lower walls of the nave and west A place of worship has existed in Tudeley since the seventh century, then one of only tower. Three bells were also cast at this time and hung in the tower, and the roof four in the Weald. The sandstone footings of the nave and tower may date from topped with blue slate. The extant brick tower was constructed in 1765 and in 1798 before the Norman conquest, and the church is listed in the Domesday Book under the church was described as being rebuilt. In 1871-5 Robert Medley Fulford rebuilt the village's alternative name of Tivedale. In 1293 the church was given to . The majority of the existing structure was created in the later medieval the nave and added the north aisle in Bath stone, and in 1885 the chancel arch was constructed and the 1571 Fane tomb restored. period, during the 13th and 14th centuries. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1526, it came under the control of Christ Church, Oxford, and then in 1529 became Source: www.wikipedia.org controlled by the Crown, before returning to private hands in 1548. Today it is part of the Diocese of Rochester.