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United Kingdom
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Kent
Tonbridge And Malling
Platt

St Giles' Church, Shipbourne – Ightham Mote loop from Borough Green

Routes
Hiking trails & Routes
United Kingdom
England
South East England
Kent
Tonbridge And Malling
Platt

St Giles' Church, Shipbourne – Ightham Mote loop from Borough Green

Hard

5.0

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4

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St Giles' Church, Shipbourne – Ightham Mote loop from Borough Green

05:42

21.0km

300m

Hiking

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

Last updated: May 7, 2026

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Kent Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1

386 m

St Mary's Platt Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Worth venturing behind the church through the graveyard as there is a substantial cultivated forest that is divided into different sections for different types of trees.

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5.23 km

Gover Hill (National Trust)

Forest

3

9.84 km

Shipbourne Village Hall

Highlight • Settlement

Built in 1879, it was extended and modernised in 1999

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4

10.3 km

St Giles' Church, Shipbourne

Highlight • Religious Site

The church had previously been rebuilt in 1721 but of that building designed by James Gibbs nothing survives above ground apart from the large monument to its builder, Christopher Lord Barnard

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5

12.7 km

Ightham Mote

Highlight • Historical Site

In the 1920’s a wealthy American was called Charles Henry Robinson was cycle touring down this road and came across Igtham Mote and vowed that one day he would buy …

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6

13.2 km

Hoppers' Huts at Ightham Mote

Highlight • Historical Site

This 19th-century building was used as housing for seasonal workers (hop-pickers) until the 1950s. It was often families from London's East End who earned an additional income in late summer as hop harvesters.

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7

14.8 km

Scathes Wood Bluebell Walk

Highlight • Trail

Mid-April to Mid-May, a walk in Scathes Woods is a must for gorgeous carpet of bluebells. I usually check Instagram for people's pictures in this area to see if the bluebells are at their peak. This particular section was stunning.

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8

17.6 km

Here you enter a path that runs through woods and next to the River Bourne. You can easily get down to the waters edge. There is also a ruined building …

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21.0 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.3 km

4.50 km

4.00 km

1.02 km

578 m

499 m

Surfaces

7.67 km

6.13 km

2.91 km

2.55 km

1.04 km

659 m

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Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Tuesday 26 May

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