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Speldhurst, Frant, Tunbridge Wells loop via Harrisons Rocks

Speldhurst, Royal Tunbridge Wells, England

Speldhurst, Frant, Tunbridge Wells loop via Harrisons Rocks

Length23.8 mi
Elev. Gain2036.9 ft
Est. Steps55000

Forest

Scenic views

Wild flowers

Quiet place

Wild life

Grassland

Overgrown

Steep slope

Created by BigDawg
Introduction
Speldhurst, Frant, Tunbridge Wells loop via Harrisons Rocks is a 23.9 mile (55,000-step) route located near Speldhurst, Royal Tunbridge Wells, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 2036.9 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
This epic loop takes in Harrison’s and Eridge Rocks, the villages of Speldhurst, Groombridge, Frant and Tunbridge Wells Common with Wellington Rocks with the vast majority of the route traversing the glorious off-road trails of Kent and East Sussex. It’s long and tiring but worth the reward.

Groombridge Place

Historical
Groombridge Place is a moated manor house in the village of Groombridge near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. It has become a tourist attraction, noted for its formal gardens, vineyards. The manor house has an associated Dower House.

Dunorlan Park

Park
Dunorlan Park is a park and grounds in Royal Tunbridge Wells, UK.Totalling approximately 78 acres (31 hectares) and containing a 6-acre (24,000 m2) lake, the grounds were landscaped by Robert Marnock for Henry Reed, the merchant and philanthropist who owned the estate and the now-demolished house that once overlooked it.

Harrison's Rocks

Landform
Harrison's Rocks is a sandstone crag approximately 1.5 kilometres (1 mi) south of the village of Groombridge in the county of East Sussex. The site is a notable example of a periglacial tor landform developed in rocks of the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation. It is popular with rock climbers, and is the largest of the cluster of local outcrops known by climbers as Southern Sandstone.

Hotel du Vin (Royal Tunbridge Wells)

Tourist Attraction
The Hotel du Vin & Bistro is a hotel in Crescent Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. It lies in between St Augustine's Catholic Church and Eynshym House. The hotel is part of the Hotel du Vin chain. It is located in a Grade II listed sandstone building dated to 1762 and overlooks Caverley Park.

BBC Radio Kent

Place
BBC Radio Kent is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Kent and parts of southeast London.It broadcasts on FM on 96.7 (West Kent, Wrotham transmitter), 97.6 (Folkestone area) and 104.2 (East Kent, Swingate transmitter) and DAB.According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 179,000 listeners and a 4.1% share as of December 2018.

Frant

Place
Frant is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, on the Kentish border about three miles (5 km) south of Royal Tunbridge Wells.When the iron industry was at its height, much of the village was owned by ironmasters. Smuggling occurred here in the 17th and 18th centuries, and one of the turnpike roads (now the A267) came through here at that time.

Groombridge

Place
Groombridge is a village of about 1,600 people. It straddles the border between Kent and East Sussex, in England. The nearest large town is Royal Tunbridge Wells, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) away by road.The main part of the village ("New Groombridge") lies in the Withyham civil parish, which forms part of Wealden District of East Sussex.

Groombridge railway station

Building
Groombridge railway station is a station on the Spa Valley Railway (SVR) in Groombridge, East Sussex, England. Once a busy station serving four directions, it closed in 1985 to British Rail services. A new station the other side of Station Road bridge was opened by the SVR in 1997 as part of a standard gauge heritage railway to Tunbridge Wells West.

Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells

Building
The Assembly Hall Theatre is a theatre in Tunbridge Wells seating 1,020 people. The theatre hosts a variety of popular music, comedy, family, dance, drama, classical music and variety events, as well as an annual pantomime.Since 1967, the Assembly Hall has been home to the Tunbridge Wells Operatic and Dramatic Society.

Eridge Green

Place
Eridge Green is a 8.4-hectare (21-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Crowborough in East Sussex. It is part of the 44 hectares (110 acres) Eridge Rocks nature reserve, which is managed by Sussex Wildlife Trust.This is ancient woodland on clay with outcrops of sandstone which form cliffs up to ten metres high.
Comments
PacerGuy_1970
2019/09/12
This route is awesome! Ran it self supported on a beautiful day & LOVED IT! It’s got everything and rewards with some of the best trails here abouts! 👍 thanks @DigDawg 👊🏻😜🏃🏻‍♂️
Route Details

Length

23.8 mi

Elev. Gain

2036.9 ft

Est. Steps

55000
Created by
BigDawg
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