Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Old Soar Manor, Ightham Mote
Loop Walk · Kent
300
XP
about 2 h 22 min walking
This circular links two National Trust places, both dating back to medieval England. The trail goes through Scathes ancient woodland, into the Fairlawne Estate & onto Plaxtol Spout before returning to Ightham Mote through orchards & the Greensand Way.
265 m
138 m
10 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
Rolling walk
Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
195 m
Drop
194 m
Highest
167 m
Lowest
43 m
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 3.2 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 2.7 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main descent: km 5.7–7.5, from 165 m to 57 m.
How the 10.2 km splits
Flat
2.4 km
Climbing
3.8 km
Descending
4.0 km
Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Shipbourne and Fairlawne, Ightham Mote
Shares 3.9 km of path · meets at km 2.15.86 km
Greensand Way
Shares 3.4 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.4, 2.7…188.48 km
Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Wilmot Hill, Ightham Mote
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 4.05.42 km
Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Knole, Ightham Mote
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 4.012.03 km
Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Oldbury Hill, Ightham Mote
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 4.18.29 km