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Sissinghurst Castle Garden – Sissinghurst Castle Garden loop from Sissinghurst Castle and Garden

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Cranbrook & Sissinghurst

Sissinghurst Castle Garden – Sissinghurst Castle Garden loop from Sissinghurst Castle and Garden

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Sissinghurst Castle Garden – Sissinghurst Castle Garden loop from Sissinghurst Castle and Garden

01:58

7.48km

60m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 9, 2026

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136 m

The Orchard at Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Highlight • Natural

The Sissinghurst orchard is truly peaceful and calming. It has a unique atmosphere with its laden fruit trees, freshly mown paths and its picturesque hayfield, which in summer is an orchestra of crickets and towering grasses rustling in the summer breeze. Being the only informal area in the garden, it provides a connection and match with the surrounding Kentish landscape, making it seem as if the landscape, which Vita and Harold always had a deep love for, is within the garden.
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843 m

Sissinghurst Birdwatching Hide

Highlight • Viewpoint

The ranger team designed and built the birdhouse from Sissinghurst oak. All 'bird watchers' among you can now watch the comings and goings of our feathered friends in peace and comfort. The birdhouse is located on the long estate walk, near the bottom of the vegetable garden.
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2.90 km

Frittenden Steam Chimney

Highlight • Historical Site

The prominent chimney was for a boiler to generate steam to operate machinery in a timber yard belonging to the village builder Charles Pearson. Dates are not clear but it seems that the business was operating at least until just before World War I.

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3.07 km

Frittenden Purple Plaques

Highlight • Historical Site

locals have done a fantastic job of highlighting history with plaques all over the town.

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5.94 km

View of Sissinghurst Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

From this place you have a beautiful view of Sissinghurst Castle and the surrounding area. It is the highest point on the Sissinghurst Castle Garden and Estate walk.

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7.08 km

Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Highlight • Castle

Describing Sissinghurst Castle and Garden is not easy. Words like historical, poetic, iconic, beautiful, colorful, breathtaking almost come close to reality. It is a sanctuary dedicated to beauty. Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson fell in love with Sissinghurst Castle and created a now world-famous garden in a very unique way.

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7.23 km

Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Highlight • Historical Site

There is no castle or large country house here, but there are some interesting buildings. The site of Sissinghurst Castle Garden was once a Saxon pig farm, it would originally have been called 'Saxenhurst', where 'hurst' meant forest.
The Tudor buildings were used as a prison for up to 3,000 French sailors captured by the British during the Seven Years' War, between 1756-63. For months, the prisoners were held in horrible, smelly conditions, in 'cells' with little access to fresh air, clean water or adequate food.
The sailors called Sissinghurst 'le chateau', hence the inclusion of 'castle' in the name, although this is not a direct translation.
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7.48 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.99 km

1.54 km

834 m

112 m

Surfaces

3.07 km

1.13 km

1.04 km

949 m

775 m

502 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 14 July

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Sissinghurst Castle Garden – Sissinghurst Castle Garden loop from Sissinghurst Castle and Garden

The Orchard at Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Sissinghurst Birdwatching Hide

Frittenden Steam Chimney

Frittenden Purple Plaques

View of Sissinghurst Castle

Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Sissinghurst Castle Garden

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