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Hemsted Forest Trails – High Weald Landscape Trail loop from Benenden School

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Hemsted Forest Trails – High Weald Landscape Trail loop from Benenden School

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Hemsted Forest Trails – High Weald Landscape Trail loop from Benenden School

04:16

16.0km

170m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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High Weald National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.61 km

Hemsted Forest

Forest

2.02 km

Hemsted Forest Trails

Highlight • Trail

Managed by the Forestry Commission, Hemsted Forest is a network of trails with a hardpacked lane that circles the forest, perfect for wheelchairs and pushchairs.

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6.30 km

Golford Chapel

Highlight • Other

The Chapel is noted for its stained glass windows; the Four Seaons Windows by Mike Woodford

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8.21 km

St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook

Highlight • Religious Site

St Dunstan's Church, also known as the Cathedral of the Weald, in Cranbrook, Kent, England, dates to the late 13th century. It is now Grade I listed. Its 74 feet-high tower was completed in 1425.

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8.24 km

Cranbrook Town Centre and Windmill

Highlight • Monument

Cranbrook is a charming town with medieval streets, hidden alleys, historic buildings and a working windmill from the 1800s. Known as the 'Capital of the Weald', Cranbrook has accommodation, places …

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10.8 km

High Weald Landscape Trail

Highlight • Natural

A long distance path exploring 145km (90 miles) of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It runs from Rye to Horsham and is fully waymarked with an image of a tree and church.

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11.6 km

Tip by

16.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.74 km

5.08 km

4.08 km

906 m

182 m

Surfaces

5.26 km

5.08 km

4.97 km

578 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Sunday 24 May

32°C

17°C

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Hemsted Forest Trails – High Weald Landscape Trail loop from Benenden School

Hemsted Forest Trails

Golford Chapel

St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook

Cranbrook Town Centre and Windmill

High Weald Landscape Trail

Dibley Shaw Forest Path

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Chapel of Our Lady, Benenden

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