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Ightham Mote – St Giles' Church, Shipbourne loop from Bat & Ball

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Ightham Mote – St Giles' Church, Shipbourne loop from Bat & Ball

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Ightham Mote – St Giles' Church, Shipbourne loop from Bat & Ball

05:48

21.0km

340m

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: April 30, 2026

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Kent Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.12 km

Bute Park Entrance

Highlight • Rest Area

An entrance, opening up to the park

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3.76 km

Deer in Kent Downs National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

6.17 km

Great Roger's Wood

Forest

6.75 km

Apple Tree Avenue, Kent Downs

Highlight • Trail

Wonderful avenue of various varieties of apple trees either side of the footpath. Best enjoyed late summer / early autumn

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7.43 km

Mitchell and Peach Lavender Fields

Highlight • Viewpoint

It's almost as if you're in France! I heard that the lavender here is harvested by the end of July, so a visit must be timed well. Special things for gravel cyclists...

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7.99 km

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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9.03 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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10.5 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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11.5 km

Cold Blows

Forest

21.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.59 km

5.71 km

3.14 km

2.11 km

1.09 km

329 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.76 km

5.31 km

4.29 km

3.26 km

1.40 km

1.04 km

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

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Monday 6 July

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Ightham Mote – St Giles' Church, Shipbourne loop from Bat & Ball

Bute Park Entrance

Deer in Kent Downs National Landscape

Apple Tree Avenue, Kent Downs

Mitchell and Peach Lavender Fields

Pond in Martin's Wood

Hoppers' Huts at Ightham Mote

Ightham Mote

St Giles' Church, Shipbourne

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