View of the Kent Countryside – Top Hill Climb loop from Tunbridge Wells

View of the Kent Countryside – Top Hill Climb loop from Tunbridge Wells

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View of the Kent Countryside – Top Hill Climb loop from Tunbridge Wells

02:26

38.6km

540m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 6.69 km for 94 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

6.73 km

Shadwell

Forest

12.5 km

View of the High Weald National Landscape

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

13.6 km

View of the Kent Countryside

Highlight • Cycleway

Once you get to the top of the hills on the cycle path you will have fantastic views across the Kent countryside

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15.2 km

Penshurst Place

Highlight • Viewpoint

Nice glimpses of Penshurst Place through a side gate and over the wall before continuing on the excellent cycle route over the hill towards Tonbridge

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15.5 km

Penshurst Place

Highlight • Castle

The ancestral home of the Sidney family and birthplace of the Elizabethan poet Sir Phillip Sidney, Penshurst Place is a grand manor set in beautiful gardens. There is a cafe …

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15.8 km

Eden Valley Walk Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Great section of well maintained, tree lined, bridleway between Chiddingstone and Penshurst. Firm surface throughout. Great views of the River Eden, an oast house in the valley and beyond. Part …

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19.8 km

Grove Road Gentle Climb to Kingdom Café

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

This is a gentle lovely tree lined country road that leads up to Kingdom cafe

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21.7 km

Top Hill Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

This is a great little climb heading north and up out of a beautiful valley

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26.8 km

Lyewood Common

Forest

32.9 km

Broadwater Warren Quiet Forest Road

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

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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