Knole Park

1:12 Route information A walk of 3miles (4.8km). Paths D continually climb and descend throughout the walk. Admission to 1:7 1:14 park is free. Parking charges apply. 1:9 Opening times 10.30am - 6pm. 2 1:7

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3 St Julian Road B E 1:20 House Hard surface - ne 1 (Occasional stones up to 20mm some, Start/Finish A Occasional potholes up to 10mm.) Disabled parking Concrete/tarmac (Occasional stones up to 30mm, Adapted toilet Occasional potholes up to 20mm.)

1:16 Short grass, Bare Earth Refreshments

Hard Surface Coarse Uphill gradient (Occasional Stones up to 20mm. Occasional potholes up to 10mm). Downhill gradient 0 150m 300m Other paths Cross slope Metres Knole Lane How to get to : Points of interest: Bus: Nearest bus station, bus 1 Knole House is owned by the National station; ¾ mile walk following pedestrian Trust and was built between signposts for Knole Park. 1603 – 1608. Road: M25 exit Junction 5 onto A21. Park 2 entrance in Sevenoaks town centre off Pollard - This tree is the park’s A225 Tonbridge road, opposite St second-largest, and one of its oldest. Nicholas’s church. Pollarding involves cutting the topmost branches off the tree to gain a Road Map: For full direction information regular supply of wood. please visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/knole 3 Beeches and Fungus - Knole has an unusually large number dead beech Route description: trees. This is the effect of a fungus Start: From the car park make your way to which eventually kills the tree. the main gate of Knole House. A Additional information Facing house turn right and follow the wall to the corner, turn left and follow There are no rest areas along the route. the path along the wall to the next For more information contact corner. 01732 462100 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/knole B Take the path ahead and slightly to the There are five disabled parking bays in right to reach the surfaced drive. front of Knole House. The walk has been C produced with kind permission of Lord Turn right on this drive, then 1st left onto another drive; follow the drive Sackville. Feeding or petting the deer is climbing up past woods until you not permitted. reach the T-Junction. For further information about walking please visit www.kent.gov.uk/explorekent D Turn right and walk uphill until the landscape opens out and you reach a similar road which joins from the right. E Turn Right and continue ahead to Knole House. Finish