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Photo of Harrison's Rocks, a rock formation near Groombridge in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.

Harrison's Rocks© Marathon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Tunbridge Wells StationTunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells Station sits inside the High Weald National Landscape. 35 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 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.

4.7 km NW

Photo of Harrison's Rocks, a rock formation near Groombridge in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Harrison's Rocks

Rock formation near Groombridge

Largest Southern Sandstone outcrop, with hundreds of climbing routes through birch woodland managed by the BMC.

6.4 km SW

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

6.7 km W

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

7.2 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.

7.3 km NW · Kent

Photo of Bowles Rocks, a rock formation near Rotherfield in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Bowles Rocks

Rock formation near Rotherfield

South-facing sandstone crag beside the Bowles Outdoor Centre, popular with climbers.

7.5 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.

7.7 km NW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

1.8 km SE · West Sussex, Kent & East Sussex

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.

3.3 km NW · East Sussex & Kent

Photo of Eridge Rocks, a rock formation near Groombridge in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.

Eridge Rocks

Rock formation near Groombridge

Sandstone boulders up to ten metres high in ferny woodland; a free Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve.

4.7 km SW

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.

5.5 km S · spans 5 counties

Groombridge

Village

Wealden village beside the Kent border, its old triangular green and the moated gardens of Groombridge Place just across the county line.

5.7 km W · East Sussex

Photo of Nap Wood, a nature reserve near Rotherfield in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.

Nap Wood

Nature reserve near Rotherfield

A National Trust place in East Sussex.

6.2 km S

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.

6.6 km N

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.

6.8 km NW

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.

6.9 km N · Kent

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.