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Photo of Scotney Castle, a Grade I registered house & garden near Lamberhurst in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.

Scotney CastlePhoto Steve Payne / Unsplash

Places to explore near Paddock Wood StationPaddock Wood

25 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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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

2.3 km SW

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

8.4 km NW

Photo of Bayham Abbey, a ruined abbey near Lamberhurst in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Bayham Abbey

Abbey · Premonstratensian near Lamberhurst

Premonstratensian Abbey at Bayham

9.1 km S

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

Goudhurst

Village

Weald hilltop village rising from a duck pond to a big church, scene of a 1747 battle with smugglers

9.5 km SE · Kent

Photo of Scotney Castle, a Grade I registered house & garden near Lamberhurst in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Scotney Castle

House & garden near Lamberhurst

Ruined moated castle in a picture garden.

9.9 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

2.2 km NW · Kent

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.

3.1 km NW · East Sussex & Kent

Photo along the High Weald Landscape Trail, a 90-mile long-distance path running from Horsham to Rye, south east England.

High Weald Landscape Trail

Long-distance path

Horsham to Rye through the High Weald's ridge villages and hammer ponds — iron country, worked for two thousand years.

3.5 km S · West Sussex, Kent & East Sussex

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.

4.9 km NE · Surrey & Kent

Photo of the River Beult, a 25-mile river running from near Ashford to River Medway at Yalding, south east England.

River Beult

River

A slow clay river of the Kentish Weald, reckoned among the best lowland clay rivers left in England.

5 km NE · Kent

Photo of Sprivers, a house & garden near Goudhurst in the High Weald, Kent, south east England.

Sprivers

House & garden near Goudhurst

A National Trust place in Kent.

5.7 km S

Photo of Teston Bridge Country Park, a country park near West Malling, Kent, south east England.

Teston Bridge Country Park

Country park near West Malling

A country park in Kent.

8.3 km NE

Photo of Gover Hill, a country estate near Ightham, Kent, south east England.

Gover Hill

Country estate near Ightham

A National Trust place in Kent.

8.7 km NW

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.

9.3 km W

Everything else within 10 km (11) — 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.