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View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Tunbridge Wells

View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Tunbridge Wells

Hard

4.5

(2)

riders

View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Tunbridge Wells

03:12

58.9km

910m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 31.0 km for 228 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.65 km

Broadwater Warren Quiet Forest Road

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Well surfaced and almost traffic-free Road going from High Rocks pub to Groombridge village (or vice versa) through Broadwater Warren - former unmanaged conifer plantation that is being gradually reverted …

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18.4 km

Kidd's Hill (The Wall) Climb from Coleman's Hatch

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Kidd’s Hill, otherwise known as the Wall, is the hardest climb in the Ashdown Forest. It’s straight, steep and keeps on going. The climb ends shortly after the road emerges …

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20.2 km

View of Ashdown Forest

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Whichever way you've come up to get here you'll have done some climbing, so make sure to enjoy the epic views out over the High Weald and Ashdown Forest. Especially …

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21.6 km

View of Old Lodge Nature Reserve from Ashdown Forest

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One of the best viewpoints in the Ashdown Forest - the outlook is to the west over Old Lodge Nature Reserve and other heathland and light woodland of Winnie the Pooh country.

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21.7 km

Black Hill

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Recommend this place,. Nice scenic. Can be busy at rush hours

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26.7 km

River Ford on Country Lane

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Take a ride down this lovely little country road and you will find yourself fording the river on your bicycle but don’t worry, it’s very, very shallow (in summer)

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31.1 km

Medleys Plantation

Forest

37.1 km

Fishpond wood

Forest

37.9 km

Criers Lane Climb

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This is a fairly easy but long climb up through the countryside and into Five Ashes.

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46.6 km

Blackdon Hill Climb

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A nice climb up through great countryside, it's steep but not too hard.

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58.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

51.4 km

5.92 km

769 m

740 m

116 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

44.5 km

8.84 km

5.31 km

172 m

116 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Today

Wednesday 6 May

15°C

6°C

22 %

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View of Ashdown Forest – Black Hill loop from Tunbridge Wells

Broadwater Warren Quiet Forest Road

Kidd's Hill (The Wall) Climb from Coleman's Hatch

View of Ashdown Forest

View of Old Lodge Nature Reserve from Ashdown Forest

Black Hill

River Ford on Country Lane

Criers Lane Climb

Blackdon Hill Climb

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