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Penshurst Cycle entry to Penshurst entry to Penshurst Place if arriveReduced by cycle Place if arriveReduced by cycle Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council - www.tmbc.gov.uk Tel 01732 844522 Penshurst Place and Gardens – www.penshurstplace.com – Tel 01892 870307 Tonbridge Castle Tourist Information Office – www.tonbridgecastle.org – Tel 01732 770929 National Cycle Network visit www.nationalcyclenetwork.org.uk Tel 0845 113 0065 Cycle Hire – Cycle-ops, 148 High Street Tonbridge - www.cycle-ops.co.uk - Tel 01732 500533 Tonbridge Train Station - for train times call 08457 484950 Cycle code - Be seen and heard – Always give way to walkers and children – Use plenty of sunscreen – Carry water – Cycle Helmets are recommended. Warning – Part of the route crosses the Medway flood prevention scheme so care should be taken, particularly during winter months. Parking – Tonbridge and Haysden Country Park car parks have 2m height restrictions barriers in place, which means that bicycles carried on roof racks will have to be removed before entry. Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council -Leisure Services, Penshurst Place and Gardens - Ian Scott, Cartography - Tom Burslem, Cycle City Guides, Writer - Nick Cotton, Photos - Mark Mercer, David Young / Sustrans, Chris Walker, Ian Scott, Rod Edwards / VisitKent / britainonview.com Design - Paul Baker, Project Management - David Young, Sustrans Revised 2011. Offers subject to change. Please contact the venue for current details. MAP AND GUIDE MAP AND GUIDE Project part-financed by the European Union Regional Cycle Route 12 between Tonbridge Castle and Penshurst Place offers an excellent, almost entirely traffic-free ride from the heart of Tonbridge alongside the River Medway, out into the countryside as far as the glorious buildings of Penshurst Place, some 5 miles to the west. ROUTE INSTRUCTIONS – follow the blue Regional Tonbridge Castle Reputedly England’s finest example This wonderful cycle ride takes you past playing Cycle Route 12 road signs. of a motte & bailey castle, dating back to medieval fields on the edge of Tonbridge and into Haysden times. An audio tour is available of the dramatically lit Country Park, running around the edge of Barden From the entrance to Tonbridge Swimming Pool 13th century gatehouse, which provides an enjoyable Lake with its wide variety of birdlife. Shortly after car park go to the far end of the overflow car park, visit, whatever the weather. passing beneath the A21 you enter a delightful keeping the rugby clubhouse to your left. Follow the secret kingdom of lush broadleaf woodland cycle path around the edge of the playing fields, pass Haysden Country Park – Covers some 165 acres of carpeted with wildflowers in the spring and a under a railway bridge and turn left at the T-junction woodland, meadow and open water and supports a delight in autumn as the colours change. of tracks to cross the bridge over the river. Shortly turn wealth of wildlife throughout the year. left again and pick up cycle route signs, re-crossing Website www.tmbc.gov.uk/HCP The one noticeable climb of the day comes the river to emerge at Barden Lake. between the bridge over the River Medway and Penshurst Place and Gardens - The Place to Visit Keeping the water to your right, turn left and follow Discover the beauty and tranquillity of the historic Well Place Farm giving you wide-ranging views the outer of two parallel tracks around the edge of home of Viscount De L’Isle; with a medieval Baron’s of the surrounding countryside and setting you Barden Lake. At the end of the lake turn left to go Hall, staterooms and 11 acres of Tudor walled gardens. up for a fine descent past two lakes to arrive at under a railway bridge then at the T-junction, with the For children, a traditional Adventure Playground and Penshurst Place, the finest and most complete car park to the right, turn left. At the next T-junction, Woodland Trail. Garden Tea Room and kiosk, picnic example in England of 14th-century domestic at the end of the drive to Haysden Country Park, turn areas available and Gift Shop (open all year). Season architecture. right. Follow this lane through the village of Lower tickets available. Bike racks outside visitor entrance. Haysden, passing the pub. Go under the A21, turn first right then first left onto a stone track passing through lovely broadleaf woodland. At the end of the track, at the T-junction with Ensfield Road, turn right, then 150 metres after crossing the bridge turn left at the route 12 sign and proceed onto the concrete track through the Penshurst Estate. Climb on this broad track and then descend past Well Place Farm towards the magnificent buildings of Penshurst Place. 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