Greensand Way – Pluckley To Sutton Valence

This walk follows a part of the Greensand way for 9 1/2 miles.

From Medway take the no 101 Arriva bus to Maidstone then the 10x Stagecoach bus to Hothfield. The 10x bus does a detour from the A20 to a bus stop at the north end of the village, you must walk to the centre of the village and board the 123 Stagecoach bus to Pluckley at the bus stop opposite the village school.

As the 123 bus is not very frequent there may be sufficient time to explore the village and look at Hothfield Church.

The route can be found on the Ordnace Survey Map no 137 Ashford.

Get of the 10x Bus just north of the village of Hothfield and walk into the village of Hothfield, the bus stop for the 123 bus is opposite the school

Built in 1874 by Sir Henry Tufton First Baron Hothdield

Take the 123 Stagecoach bus and get of at Pluckley Crossroads. On the corner you will see a World War 2 Bunker.

Walk down the hill towards Pluckley Church

Walk back past the school

and the Black Horse Pub

Turn left at the Old Bakery.

Just down the road you will see the Greensand Way waymark

Follow the lane.

Into an open field

The path goes just to the left of the trees

Just before the Hotel at Elvey Farm there was a field with friendly sheep

The path goes straight across the field

You can just see the gate

The path has been diverted near Greenhill farm and the path was fairly muddy even in the height of summer.

Keep to the right of the field

The gate out of the field

Take the road to the right, the waymarks are behind the trees.

Follow the path towards Egerton Church

Past the George Pub in Egerton

The Greensand way goes through the Churchyard of St James Church

Continue on the path to Egerton House

Cross the road and climb the (broken) stile

Keep towards the right of the field – the way out is a bit hidden

Go diagonally across this field

The exit is again difficult to spot.

Across a bridge into the woods

Take a right turn up the bridleway and left at the edge of the woods

The path goes across the field up to Pope Hall Cottage

The field may be overgrown but there are great views

The gate is just next to a building but both are hidden by the vegetation

The next section is badly overgrown too

You come out at Boughton Malherbe Church

Follow the lane, the path goes through a farmyard the turns left across a field

The path goes through some woods.

Across the road the path goes along the side of a house

Across an orchard

Across a lane and into the woods

Cross the field

Turn left into the lane follow the lane round to the left and climb over the style on the right. A few metres down the hill the path goes off to the right.