Crowborough Walk

CROWBOROUGH

We thought for a change, we would allow our resident rambler Robert Veitch to come up with something on his own patch. Make it go past your house we said, find some bluebells we asked. He succeeded with one and got within 50m of the other. Happy wandering!

From the car park, wander down the ramp, past Montargis Terrace, to the junction with Croft Road. Turn left and continue through the High Street to the traffic lights.

Cross over, turning right and downhill, walking past the parade of shops, then past Batchelor Crescent and High Cross Fields, continuing along the pavement once the hedge separates it from the road.

The path turns 90° left and continues past the car park and skate park. Across the road and through the gap in the hedge, turn left and follow the path along the topside of the running track to the exercise WALK equipment. Walk across the football pitch diagonally to the far right hand corner, noting the views towards Tunbridge Wells along the way. The ground drops away to join the road by the fingerpost. Turn right and tumble downhill, then along the rolling terrain of Beechen Wood and Cage Wood; the sound of modern life replaced by birdsong and the first sighting of bluebells. 300m beyond the small ponds on the left and right, the track splits left and right. The path continues, between two posts, then alongside the left hand track, through a gate, across the gravel, through the kissing gate, across the paddock to another kissing gate and then into the woods. The path emerges into a field of young wheat, leading straight as a ruler to a 4-way fingerpost. Continue past the fingerpost, easing downhill, alongside the stream to the junction with the bridge. Turn right, and take the concrete track uphill, veering left at the fingerpost. At the tarmac, the path angles left by a fingerpost, down a small

One could easily imagine bank and across another wheat field, then along its’ periphery to a kissing gate.

Christopher Robin, Pooh Follow the path through the woods, and Piglet ruminating on the important issues but do not stray from it, there is a chance to sneak a peak at Hamsell Lake by the barrier. Continue to the traffic of the day

island and the Turn right, up and over junction with the brow, before plunging Forge Road. down into the glade where

Turn left one could easily imagine and walk Christopher Robin, Pooh carefully along and Piglet ruminating on the the road. The important issues of the day. bridge across the Once across the stream at 64m (210 feet) wooden bridge bear is the low point of the left, through the sea of day, and 50m beyond bluebells, following it take the turning the path as it ascends on the left, by the steeply to the right, bridleway sign, eases left, then bears easing uphill along right once again, fresh tarmac. before levelling

After 200m, the off and joining the path breaks left, to track by the 3-way and follow the pavement past Ghyll the stile, metal 7-bar fingerpost. Road, to the junction with Elim Court gate and the corrugated Turn left, and Gardens. Turn right, then after 75m, barns, before swinging continue past the turn left by the ancient oak tree, into right and into another field of wheat. Continue The last opportunity collection of buildings known as Orznash, then the twitten that connects through to Fairview Lane. through this field, and to pause before the half a mile later, the Once in Fairview Lane walk uphill the two afterwards, but only as far as the 4-way fingerpost by the fenced final ascent to the finish line collection of buildings known as Gillridge. Beneath the poplar trees to the crossroads. Cross over into Beacon Gardens and prepare for the sting in the tail of this walk. The locals are proud of hawthorn saplings. is the ‘Dennis and family’ being the most elevated town in Sussex

Turn left, walking gently downhill, bench… the last opportunity to pause at 242m (794 feet) and one of the most then diagonally across the adjacent before the final ascent to the finish line. elevated in all of England. Towards field, and more steeply downhill to Beyond the bench, the tarmac swings the end, the road turns 90° left before the kissing gate. Follow the path from left and downhill, past the equine sand joining Beacon Road. earlier on in the reverse direction, school and timber stacks, continuing to Turn right, and continue uphill, alongside the stream, then uphill to the the junction with London Road. after 200m turn left into Mill Lane. At 4-way fingerpost. Cross carefully, then turn left,