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Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Old Soar Manor, Ightham Mote

Loop Walk · Kent

300

XP

about 2 h 22 min walking

Moderate
10.19 km
Loop
04:30
Graded from its length and climb.

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.

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265 m

138 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.

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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

Link it with other walks

Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Shipbourne and Fairlawne, Ightham Mote

Shares 3.9 km of path · meets at km 2.1

5.86 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 4.0

5.42 km

Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Knole, Ightham Mote

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 4.0

12.03 km

Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Oldbury Hill, Ightham Mote

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 4.1

8.29 km

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