Highlights

• Knole House and magnificent deer park
• Guided walk to Ightham Mote
• Visit to The National Trust Ightham Mote
• Relax in English countryside
• Great tearooms and local pubs

Itinerary

This rewarding walk takes us down narrow country lanes, through lush orchards and across fields.

First we pass the wonderfully atmospheric Knole House, a fascinating survivor of great house splendour. We stop for a quick tea break and a group picture with Knole as a background. Have your cameras ready!
As the Knole House has 365 rooms – one for every day of the year – it´s best saved for your separate visit another day (we won't visit Knole House but you can visit Ightham Mote in your free time)

Through magnificent deer park at Knole we head off to The National Trust Ightham Mote. This Tudor manor house looks like a quaint half-timbered cottage writ large, ringed by a moat and it is crammed with treasures. It is worth a visit and as Ightham Mote is just in the middle of the walk it is a good stop for the lunch as well.

From Ightham Mote the walk becomes no just pretty but spectacular. The walk ascends a high ridge, following part of the established Greensand Way, with terrific views south to the High Weald.
From the ridge we enter deer park at Knole again, walking past the high ragstone walls of Knole House itself.

We round the day with a pint of refreshing ale in a nearby pub before we set on our journey back to London.

Photos from last time
gallery 1 & gallery 2 & gallery 3 & gallery 4

Difficulty: distance & terrain
>>> Our walking grades explained <<<
Grade of the walk: 11km; difficulty: leisurely; terrain: plain & hilly

What to take with you
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Lunch: refreshment facilities are available on the place.

Departure / Return

Departure
Meeting point: London Charing Cross railway station (look for your guide in green T-shirt with Minty Trips sign / meeting point: next to the main ticket office)
Meeting date and time: 20/11/10, 8am

Return
To: London Charing Cross railway station
Return date and time: 20/11/10, between 7.18pm and 7.48pm

Costs (how much do you pay)

• your transport (return train ticket from London to Sevenoaks): max. £9.40 (if we are a group of 3 and more you will benefit of 33% to 50% discount on your train ticket. Once you meet your guide at the station he/she will collect the money from the group and buy discounted tickets for the whole group. Costs of all tickets will be then divided by the number of people in the group establishing the costs per person. If the costs per person are less then what was collected from you the difference will be returned to you. Please be aware we cannot guarantee the train ticket discount as it depents on the number of people in the group)
• £1 organisational fee for guided walk and service of an experienced guide :) Leave the organisation hassle on us. Relax and enjoy great day

Food and pints are not included

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