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Photo of Hever Castle, a castle near Chiddingstone in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.

Hever Castle© Worldfootage / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Leigh (Kent) StationLeigh

42 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the High Weald, a National Landscape in south east England.Highlight

High Weald

National Landscape near Mayfield

Wooded ridges, sunken lanes and deep stream valleys across the old iron country of the south-east

0 km SW

Photo of Penshurst Place, a Grade I registered house & garden in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Penshurst Place

House & garden near Penshurst

Medieval baronial hall and walled gardens.

2 km SW

Photo of The Kentish Hare, a gastropub near Bidborough (near Tunbridge Wells) in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.Highlight

The Kentish Hare

Gastropub near Bidborough (near Tunbridge Wells)

Village dining pub run by the Tanner brothers just outside Tunbridge Wells.

3.3 km SE

Photo of Penshurst, a village in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Penshurst

Village

Wealden village at the gates of Penshurst Place, its churchyard reached through the arch of a Tudor house.

3.4 km SW · Kent

Photo of the Kent Downs, a National Landscape in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Kent Downs

National Landscape near Charing

Chalk hills, ancient woods and orchards, ending in the white cliffs above the Channel

3.5 km NW

Photo of Chiddingstone, a village in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Chiddingstone

Village

Single street of Tudor houses owned almost whole by the National Trust, beside a moated mock castle.

4.4 km W · Kent

Photo of Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, a Grade II registered house & garden near Ightham, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Riverhill Himalayan Gardens

House & garden near Ightham

A hillside garden of rhododendrons and azaleas around a walled rose garden.

5.9 km N

Photo of Hever Castle, a castle near Chiddingstone in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.Iconic

Hever Castle

Castle near Chiddingstone

Moated childhood home of Anne Boleyn.

6.5 km W

Photo: One Tree Hill, a viewpoint near Ightham, Kent, south east England.Highlight

One Tree Hill

Viewpoint near Ightham

A steep National Trust hillside east of Sevenoaks with a bench and a broad view south over the Weald.

7.2 km N

Photo of Knole, a Grade I registered house & garden near Otford, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Knole

House & garden near Otford

Sprawling calendar house in a deer park.

7.9 km N

Photo: Ide Hill, a viewpoint near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Ide Hill

Viewpoint near Chiddingstone

A hilltop village green with one of the finest views in Kent, looking out over the Weald from the greensand ridge.

8.2 km NW

Photo of Ightham Mote, a house & garden in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Ightham Mote

House & garden near Ightham

Perfectly preserved medieval moated manor.

8.2 km NE

Photo: Toys Hill, a viewpoint near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Toys Hill

Viewpoint near Chiddingstone

A wooded greensand ridge of National Trust paths near Westerham, with views south over the Weald.

9.1 km NW

Photo of Forest Way Country Park, a country park near Hartfield in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Forest Way Country Park

Country park near Hartfield

An old railway line between East Grinstead and Groombridge turned into a flat, easy-going walking and cycling trail through the Weald

9.7 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Haysden Country Park, a country park near Penshurst, Kent, south east England.

Haysden Country Park

Country park near Penshurst

A country park in Kent.

1.3 km E

Photo along the Wealdway, an 82-mile long-distance path running from Gravesend to Eastbourne, south east England.

Wealdway

Long-distance path

Estuary to sea across Kent and Sussex — Gravesend to Eastbourne over the North Downs, the deep Weald and a Beachy Head finish.

2.1 km E · East Sussex & Kent

Photo of the River Medway, a 19-mile river navigation running from Tonbridge to Allington Lock, south east England.

River Medway

River navigation

Kent's river navigation, locking down the wooded Medway valley from Tonbridge to the tidal limit at Allington.

2.1 km E · Kent

Photo of The Spotted Dog, a pub near Penshurst in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.

The Spotted Dog

Pub near Penshurst

Weatherboarded 15th-century inn at Smarts Hill, its terraces looking out across the Weald.

4.8 km SW

Photo of The Bottle House Inn, a pub near Penshurst in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.

The Bottle House Inn

Pub near Penshurst

Low-beamed country inn dating from the 15th century, on a lane near Chiddingstone.

5 km SW

Photo along the Greensand Way, a 108-mile long-distance path running from Haslemere to Hamstreet, south east England.

Greensand Way

Long-distance path

Along the sandy ridge below the chalk from Haslemere to Hamstreet, through the wooded hills of two protected landscapes to the edge of Romney Marsh.

5.4 km N · Surrey & Kent

Photo along the Sussex Border Path, a 150-mile long-distance path running from Emsworth to Rye, south east England.

Sussex Border Path

Long-distance path

Round inland Sussex on the old county boundary from Emsworth to Rye — nearly 150 miles of quiet country for the busy South East.

6.9 km SW · spans 5 counties

Photo of Oldbury and Seal Chart, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Ightham, Kent, south east England.

Oldbury and Seal Chart

SSSI near Ightham

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kent.

9 km NE

Photo of Emmetts Garden, a house & garden near Chiddingstone, Kent, south east England.

Emmetts Garden

House & garden near Chiddingstone

A hilltop Edwardian shrub garden on one of Kent's highest points, famed for bluebells.

9.1 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (19) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.