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Walk 20: Downe Circular Mk2 Tread in Charles Darwin’S Footsteps on This Walk Among Woods and Meadows in the North Downs Walk 20: Downe circular mk2 Tread in Charles Darwin’s footsteps on this walk among woods and meadows in the North Downs. Combine with trips to Downe House, Golf Christmas Tree Farm and High Elms course How long? 90 mins/2hrs Point 1-2 (about 500m): Take the path Church 4 miles (6km) right just east of Christmas Tree farm Public transport: 146 bus runs on Cudham Rd, passing over a stile hourly every day until late from (don’t inadvertantly take the second Donkey etc Start Bromley North and Bromley path signed to Cudham). Walk south enclosures South (25-minute bus journey past Christmas Tree farm paddocks from Bromley). R8 bus runs then head diagonally across meadow every 80 minutes from Orpington to right. Ignore paths signed to Downe railway station (20mins). 12 House then head diagonally left across Farm hse & mins by taxi from Hayes railway another field towards a farmhouse. Stable station. Cottage Parking: easy, in Downe village Point 2-3 (480m): Head towards farmhouse (south east) ignoring West Hill Start of walk: footpath next to another path signed towards Downe Christmas Tree Farm, Downe House. Walk past sign for Stable Steep slopes? One (Blackbush Cottage and see ‘footpath’ sign in front Golf and Twenty Shaw woods) of house pointing right (south). Join this course Day out? Combine with Down path crossing over surfaced driveway Airfield House and nearby High Elms and passing a monkey puzzle tree nature centre. Young kids will and follow edge of field heading south. love Christmas Tree Farm. Also, Arrive at path junction. Biggin Hill airfield is close, and Westerham and Chartwell not so Point 3-4 (550m): Turn left on this path Blackbush far off. (east) heading towards woods between & Twenty hedgerows. Enter woods (ancient Shaw Wood Walk highlights/refreshments and very familiar to Charles Darwin) and follow path down hill until you hit Superb North Downs chalk hill Cudham scenery, ancient woods. Two Cudham Road. Turn right on this road Luxted Rd good pubs in Downe, one in for a few metres. ▲ Single St Cudham. Good cafe in Downe N and a farm cafe on road back Point 4-5 (600m): Enter huge field in towards Keston. Ordnance valley between Downe and Cudham ½ a mile Survey Explorer 147 map and follow path south with woods on your right. Footpath coming up on right. Click here for GPX track of this route for real-time navigation Point 5-6 (500m): Take footpath right (west) into beautiful woods (Blackbush and Twenty Shaw ancient woodland, managed by Woodland Trust) and climb fairly steeply up steps then enter an alley by gardens and hit Single Street; cross the road and continue a Scout camp nearer the airport. After the first of three fields with lovely views down alley opposite. a few metres watch for a footpath on along the valley (with golf course on your right just before a house and the left and tall beeches and the odd Point 6-7 (500m): On emerging from drive. Take this path (this is a long bomb crater to the right). alley turn right on footpath on eastern stretch now generally always heading edge of Downe/Biggin Hill Airport north) skirting meadows and continue Point 8-Downe (500m): Enter woods valley, now heading north. Soon you’ll north along the eastern edge of the after the third field and turn right hit Luxted road again, this time on a valley; go straight on at a path junction after about 70 metres, looking for the corner. Look out for Bird House Lane near Down House into light woods footpath that goes east across a crop (signed to activity centre or scout and soon cross West Hill. After this, field back to Downe. Head for the camp) on your left. continue on the path heading north; it south east (far right hand corner) of this soon takes a 90-degree turn to the left field. The path narrows and emerges Point 7-8 (2.2km): Turn left on the and then right again to resume heading on Rookery Rd nearly opposite North road then left again downhill on a small north. After this turn the path soon End Lane by a bus stop. St Mary the Virgin church, Downe lane (Bird House Lane) which serves emerges into a large grassy hillside, [email protected] kentwalksnearlondon.com.
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