Welcome to Capital Walkers, the friendly London Ramblers group for people aged 40+. We walk every weekend and usually at least once during the week.
Guillermo R.
The High Weald Landscape Trail offers a captivating 95-mile journey through the counties of Sussex and Kent. The High Weald—designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty —remains a lush, diverse mix of woodlands, grasslands, heathlands, meadows and hammer ponds.
This is the third section of the trail, from East Grinstead to Tunbridge Well via Groombridge. The route quickly leads us onto the Forest Way, a disused railway line turned into a scenic nature trail.
We reach Forest Row and soon after the trail begins to climb gently into Ashdown Forest, and follow winding country lanes (linked to A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories) and Cotchford Farm, where Milne once lived, before arriving in Hartfield.
From here we follow sections of the old Withyham Railway Line, now a quiet countryside path. The trail meanders through woodland and across farmland, offering lovely views of rolling hills. Then the landscape then opens up before reaching Groombridge, known for its historic Groombridge Place Gardens. The trail follows rolling meadows before climbing towards Broadwater Warren, a beautiful nature reserve with heathland and wildlife.
As we approach Tunbridge Wells, the trail enters the town near The Pantiles, a historic colonnaded walkway famous for its Georgian architecture and cafés—an excellent place for refreshments should people want to do so, before reaching the train station.
Please bring a packed lunch. The walk will be brisk (2.5-3 miles per hour)
The terrain is undulating countryside, and some village roads, with occasional hills.
Travel: take the 9:20 train from London Victoria, (Clapham Junction at 9:27, and East Croydon at 9:40) arriving at East Grinsted at 10:20
There are two trains an hour from Tunbridge Wells to London Charing Cross.
No booking required
The finishing time is an estimate only and will be dependent on a number of factors, such as weather, the speed of the group and the number of breaks taken.
The following sections of the High Weald Landscape Trail will take place on 28th June, and the final one over the weekend of 26th July, concluding in Rye, Kent
East Grinstead Railway Station
Tunbridge Wells Railway Station
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