This page has detailed information kindly complied by Hugh Boorman about the footpaths shown on the Pembury village map published in August 2022. Please click on the links below for details of each footpath or download a sheet with full details of all paths. Please contact us to notify us of any errors or omissions or with any new information about the footpaths.
WT 190
Location
The path starts on a slip lane off the A21 near Castle Hill Farm to Old Forge Farm which is off the map.
WT 192a
Location
The footpath is 1.25 miles long and starts off the A21 opposite Dislingbury Road (aka Half Moon Lane) and ends up in the North Farm estate.
Condition
Due to the dualling of the A21 it is now very inaccessible to footpath walkers.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 2
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
This footpath is now out of reach of most footpath walkers but the start of it is still just inside the Parish boundary.
WT 193
Location
This is accessible by walking WT 204 off Dislingbury Road (aka Half Moon Lane) and proceeds across the fields and meets up with WT 201, 206 and 208 and leads into WT 194 after Alders Road.
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
The footpath proceeds across the fields and meets up with WT 201. The path then turns right and comes out on Amherst Bank Road. Go across the road to the stile/gate and it branches off to the left. Carry on down through orchards, thin woodlands and pastureland before coming out on Alders Road opposite the start of Footpath WT 194.
WT 194
Location
This path carries on from the end of Footpath WT 193 when you cross Alders Road. This footpath is outside of the village boundary but links up with several footpaths which are on our map and can lead to Capel and Five Oak Green.
Condition
The footpath is an easy one to walk as it comes out onto a made-up lane surface before you come out near Capel School. There are no obstacles and unlikely to be any mud or water issues. There is a downhill slope at the beginning by Halfmoon House.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 2
Stiles: 2
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
It starts on the map in Dislingbury Road (aka Half Moon Lane) and is a long and beautiful walk through woodlands and some fields overlooking part of Capel, Tudeley and the North Downs. It links up with footpaths WT 203 and WT 202. If you want to walk back to Dislingbury Lane on a different route, go onto Footpath WT 203 and go back up through Knowle Bank. The footpath bypasses the farm and brings you back onto Fairthorne Lane from where you have quick easy access back to the Old Church from where it is suggested you start.
WT 197
Location
The footpath in Pembury runs from footpath WT 208 and runs across the field adjacent to the electrical substation and close to Great Hawkwell Cottage.
Condition
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 4
Stiles: 5
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
This footpath is a very pleasant one to walk and will take you from the Parish of Pembury and into the Parish of Capel. Take the short path near Great Hawkwell Cottage. At the end of this stretch is a swing gate and then a wooden walkway. At the end of the walkway turn immediately right and walk straight across the field until you come to a gate and stile and proceed through Hogg wood and an orchard which then takes you out of the Parish of Pembury and into Capel on Alders Road. You enter this lane right opposite Reeds Farm. The path carries on through Reeds Farm and through pasture and orchards until you reach the main Paddock Wood Road. Whilst it is a lovely walk it can be a bit muddy after rain.
WT 200
Location
At Halfmoon House on Dislingbury Road (aka Half Moon Lane) the path goes into Half Moon wood and off the map to Alders Road.
WT 201
Location
Access to this footpath is either from Dislingbury Road (aka Half Moon Lane) or from Footpath WT 193.
Condition
This walk, especially in blossom time is particularly pleasant to walk and is rarely subject to muddy surfaces.
Gates / Stiles:
Gates: 2
Stiles: 2
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
Proceed for a short distance parallel to Dislingbury Lane (aka Half Moon Lane) before turning right down through the apple orchard, over the stream at the bottom with pastureland to your right and up the slope until you meet Footpath WT 193.
WT 202
Location
This footpath runs off Dislingbury Road (aka Half Moon Lane) and is outside the parish boundary and runs towards Tudeley. The path enters pastureland before it disappears off the map to Somerhill Cottages on Five Oak Green Road.
Condition
The path travels through woodland on a very uneven typical woodland path and can sometimes be muddy.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 2
Stiles: 3
WT 203
Location
This footpath starts from Dislingbury Road (aka Half Moon Lane) near Knowles Bank Lodge and disappears off the map towards Crockhurst Street Farm on Five Oak Green Road.
Gates / Stiles:
Gates: 1
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
There are other gates at the Capel end (these are outside the Parish boundary).
WT 204
Location
This path goes from Dislingbury Road (aka Half Moon Lane) to Church Wood across fields and through woodland to meet footpath WT 247.
Condition
The path goes down steep steps in the woods across a wooden bridge over a stream and up steep steps on the other side to meet Footpath WT 247.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 0
Stiles: 4
WT 204a
Location
This path starts at Kent College and meets up with footpath WT 247.
Condition
This path passes through three fields which can sometimes be muddy due to sheep.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 2
Stiles: 2
WT 206
Location
This is a short stretch leading from WT 193 to WT 197.
Condition
There is a wooden walkway over a muddy area. The field is normally muddy and very uneven when dry.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 1
WT 207
Location
The path runs from Redwings Lane to the Electric Substation near Great Hawkwell Cottage.
Condition
It can sometimes be muddy in places.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 0
Stiles: 2
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
The path crosses two fields separated by a line of trees and grazing ground.
WT 208
Location
This path goes from Hawkwell Farmhouse, A228/Maidstone Road and crosses over WT 207 to meet Amherst Bank Road.
Condition
The surface is very uneven and not a suitable walk for anyone with mobility issues.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 0
Stiles: 4
WT 209
Location
The path goes from Kent College to a short, sharp exit from the woods onto Pembury Hall Road.
Condition
The surface can be very muddy at some places in the woods.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 0
WT 210
Location
The path starts in Dislingbury Road (aka Half Moon Lane) just past Knowles Bank House. The path continues across the other side of Pembury Walks through a gate and down through the woodland and exits onto a private ‘no access’ driveway.
Condition
The path can get a little muddy at times.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 3
Stiles: 3
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
This bridleway is in two parts and is quite long, being bisected by the lane known as Pembury Walks. When the A21 was upgraded, it was moved slightly away from Tunbridge Wells towards Pembury woodland. Horse riders and footpath walkers then have no further access and will either have to turn round and go back or follow the new access road back up to Pembury Walks or Dislingbury Road where the bridleway comes out onto the private drive. There is no gate or stile but there are four wooden posts sunk into the ground with enough gap to allow horses through.
WT 211
Location
This path connects up with Pembury Hall Road and WT 210.
Condition
The surface is very steep in places and can be muddy at times.
WT 212
Location
This path goes from the Old Church Lych Gate to either side of Old Church and is very short.
Condition
Tarmac path
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 2
Stiles: 0
WT 214
Location
This path starts in Romford Road and ends on the A228/Maidstone Road opposite the drive to Great Hawkwell Cottages. It is a lovely walk but unfortunately when you get to the A228/Maidstone Road you cannot link up with another footpath unless you walk along what is a busy, dangerous main road to footpath WT 248 or cross the road to Footpath WT 208.
Condition
The footpath goes down through some quite muddy patches between WT 205 and the A228/Maidstone Road.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 2
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
This footpath is quite a long one and goes through some lovely different types of scenery. If you start at Albans Lodge in Romford Road, you walk down the lane past apple orchards, cottages and farm buildings until you come to a stile, after which you must turn right into woodland. After a lovely walk through the wood, the path passes by Footpath WT 205 which goes back towards Matfield. The footpath then goes down through some quite muddy patches, over the stream and uphill through some pastureland and orchard until you reach the Maidstone Road.
WT 215
Location
This path runs from WT 248 at Stonecourt Lane down through Pippins Farm. This meets up with a long narrow path bordering woodland before it meets up with WT 248 as it goes up to Hawkwell Farmhouse.
Condition
Includes a steep uneven section.
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
The path starts off with a pleasant walk of approximately 250m through an orchard. It then goes down a steep uneven footpath before passing through a grass meadow of about 350m.
WT 216
Location
This path goes from Old Church Road (opposite the Waterworks). This path goes up through mixed woodland and heath to Tonbridge Road just past Pembury Hospital.
Condition
The surface can be extremely muddy, especially at the Waterworks end making it necessary to go off track into the woodland to avoid it.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 0
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
Much of the ground is subject to RSPB ruling and at the Tonbridge Road end there is another locked gate (no stile), but an unusual mixture of tree wood dug into the ground in a strange arrangement making it impossible to enter other than by zig-zagging through the poles.
WT 217
Location
This footpath goes from Maidstone Road opposite Downingbury Farm and Footpath WT 217B and passes the top of WT 215, crosses WT 248 until it meets up with WT 214.
Condition
It is normally a very pleasant walk but can be a little muddy on the last part of WT 217 near WT 214.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 2
Stiles: 2
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
The path goes down through the orchard and past two cottages and some farm buildings. It then drops down and then up to more farm buildings and a stable. You walk past the top of Footpath WT 215 and out into more orchards crossing Footpath WT 248 until it meets up with WT 214.
WT 217b
Location
This path leads from Maidstone Road to Downingbury Farm and WT218.
Condition
The surface is mainly mud free; uneven in places and partly made up.
WT 218
Location
This path starts from Redwings Lane and goes up through the fields across the bridge over the A228/Maidstone Road, through Downingbury Farm and out onto Church Road.
Condition
The surface across four grazing fields is normally easily walkable but the path from Downingbury to Church Road is slightly narrow and sometimes subject to mud.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 4
Stiles: 0
WT 219
Location
Footpath WT 219 links up with Footpath WT 218 after it comes over the bridge over the Maidstone Road and runs at an angle through the orchard of Downingbury Farm to meet the old Maidstone Road opposite Footpath WT 217 which goes down to Pippins Farm.
WT 220
Location
Straight footpath from Elmhurst Avenue to Maidstone Road and is about 120m long.
Condition
It has a hard surface and runs between garden hedgerows.
WT 221
Location
This runs on from WT 248 at Stone Court Farm. It is a long footpath and carries on over the Pembury boundary until it reaches Maidstone Road in Matfield which comes down from Kippings Cross.
Condition
Muddy in parts. Steep slopes / climb
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 3
Stiles: 3
Wooden bridge: 2
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
From Stone Court Farm, the footpath carries on up through neglected orchards, down quite a steep slope until it reaches Snipe Wood where it does a zig zag down quite a steep slope. This is, at times, quite muddy and difficult to walk. The path then goes over a wooden bridge over the stream. Then there is a steep muddy climb until you cross over Footpath WT 226 up through the wood until you reach Romford Road. You then cross over and carry on up through the orchard crossing over Footpath WT 228 and carry on through orchards, cobnut trees and woodland, finally crossing over the Pembury parish boundary, passing quite a large pond and a collection of cottages until you reach the Maidstone Road.
WT 222
Location
This footpath starts at Romford Road adjacent to WT 221 leading to WT 248.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 1
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
From Romford Road, this footpath is adjacent to WT 221 and enters the woodland via a gate and a stile. After approximately 400m it crosses over Footpath WT 224 and proceeds down through the woodland passing the entrance to Footpath WT 223 on the right-hand side and carries on down through the woods before crossing over the stream up into the orchards for a short walk to meet bridleway WT 248.
WT 223
Location
This footpath runs from Footpath WT 222 through a short piece of woodland and then along the bottom of the orchard to meet Footpath WT 214 just below Albans Farm.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 1
WT 224
Location
This footpath runs from WT 226 within Snipe Wood, down past the pumping station then up a steep gradient crossing over Footpath WT 222 and continues uphill until joining Footpath WT 228.
Condition
The path is quite steep but normally stays in reasonable condition.
WT 225
Location
This footpath starts in Romford Road opposite the end or start of Footpath WT 214 and after a short distance does a sharp left-hand turn following the line of the orchard and woodland. It follows the woodland down across the Parish boundary until it reaches Bramble Reed Lane. Cross the stile and the footpath then it carries on opposite across the meadow, through the woodland and then back onto pastureland before it disappears off the map.
Condition
It is quite a pleasant walk through orchards, woodland and pasture and heads towards Matfield.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 2
Stiles: 4
WT 226
Location
The footpath runs down from Henwood Green Road near Beagles Wood Road and joins WT 248.
Condition
Can be subject to very muddy conditions after rain. It can then be a muddy climb up to the junction with Footpath WT 227. WT 226 then carries on through woodland which can again get very muddy.
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
From Beagles Wood Road the path goes below the orchard and over a short wooden footbridge over a stream. It then veers off to the left – the surface here is often muddy and uneven. You then cross a bridge over the same stream before going up into the orchard for about 250m to join bridleway WT 248. The original route of this footpath used to be via cottages just before you get to the junction of Henwood Green Road and Romford Road.
WT 227
Location
This footpath is a relatively short one, approximately 600 metres and runs from Romford Road just past the residential home on a partly made-up track then down into woodland until it meets Footpath WT 226.
Condition
The second part of WT 227 can be very muddy.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 0
WT 228
Location
The path runs from Kings Toll Road to footpath WT 214.
Condition
The surface is normally dry through the orchards but can be very muddy through the fields and along the narrow path by the stables before it comes out in Kings Toll Road.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 5
WT 229
Location
This path goes from Lower Green Road beside Pembury School to the Cemetery.
Condition
The surface is mainly firm, but a little uneven in places.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 0
WT 230
Location
It runs parallel with the Recreation Ground and meets WT 231.
Condition
The surface can be muddy at times and a bit uneven in places.
WT 231
Location
This path goes from the bottom of Rowley Hill at the end of Church Road near the A228, up past Lower Green Cemetery and Recreation Ground to Woodsgate Corner on the A228.
Condition
Very muddy in places particularly in winter.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 2
Stiles: 0
WT 232
Location
This path is in three parts and runs from Henwood Green Road, through to Henwoods Crescent and then on to Belfield Road ending up in Hastings Road.
Condition
The surface is mainly firm but some mud patches are evident following rain.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 0
Stiles: 0
WT 233
Location
This path leads from Henwood Green Road (adjacent to number 31) and Hastings Road (between number 113 and The Old Dairy).
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 0
Stiles: 0
WT 234
Location
The path is access from the Bo Peep corner junction with the A21 and leads to Romford Road by Mays Farm.
WT 236
Location
This footpath starts in quite a dangerous position near Pastheap Farm just off the A21 dual carriageway as you travel up the by-pass from Kippings Cross towards Pembury. There is a turn off on the left which is not very well signed.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 3
Stiles: 3
Further Guidance
Once you are in the track off the A21 that approaches the footpath, there is a gate and a stile which leads into woodland, and you will see a derelict old cottage on the right-hand side. Carry on down through Marlborough Wood across the stream and up through pastureland taking you over the village boundary onto Dundale Road at Elmhurst Farm. Whilst it is not a very long walk it is quite pleasant.
WT 237
Location
This footpath goes up across the field opposite the top of Canterbury Road. It then enters a shallow piece of woodland before meeting up with Footpath WT 239A and then passing over the bridge over the A21 before meeting up with WT 239.
Condition
Muddy on section between bridge over A21 and WT 239.
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
The path up across the field by Canterbury Road is normally pretty solid but can get a bit slippery when wet but there is plenty of grass to walk on. Once over the A21 the path passes adjacent a wooden panel fence on one side and a small woodland on the opposite side. Unfortunately, this section of path can become a mud bath when wet and a short cut has been made through the wood before meeting up with WT 239. Wonderful views of the North and South Downs at the junction of WT 237 and WT 239.
WT 238
Location
Footpath WT 238 can be accessed from Footpath WT 239 by climbing over a stile, down a steep hill over the grass field to meet bridleway WB 43 and footpath WT 240.
Condition
Quite muddy at times.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 0
Stiles: 3
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
Where WT 238 meets WT239, there are magnificent views out towards Haywards Heath.
WT 239
Location
This footpath starts in Chalket Lane just after you go over the A21 bridge or where it meets WT 237 and ends near Dundale Farm on Dundale Road.
Condition
This walk is one of the best and probably one of the most mud free.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 3
Stiles: 3
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
There are good landscape views to the right looking out towards Haywards Heath where WT 239 meets WT 223.
At the first pond there is a swing gate on the left-hand side giving access to the remaining part of the path which takes you down across three fields with the footpath marked until you come to a lightly wooded area and a bridge across a stream. Follow the footpath round to the right across the field until you come to a stile and gate which takes you out onto Dundale Lane opposite a farm. Sadly, there is no option other than to walk the return route or turn left up the hill up Dundale Lane until you reach Footpath WT 236 at Elmhurst Farm which brings you back to Bo-Peep corner.
WT 239a
Location
This footpath runs from footpath WT 240 (Chalket Lane) along the back of the cricket ground with the church in the background and the A21 to the right. It eventually meets up with footpath number WT 237.
WT 240
Location
This footpath runs from opposite the top of the village green, past the cricket ground and down Chalket Lane. It soon becomes subject to a private driveway status but remains a public footpath. It passes over the A21 bypass then continues down the hill to meet WB 43.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 1
Stiles: 1 (if entry is needed to WT238)
WT 244 & 244a
Location
These paths start from Amherst Bank Road ending in Alders Road.
Condition
This is only a very short walk and has a very firm surface.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 3
Stiles: 1
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
The footpath at the Amherst Bank Road end is also a bridleway and has the footpath number WT 244A. About three quarters of the way down it loses its bridleway status and becomes just a public footpath, number WT 244 before it comes out onto Alders Road. There are magnificent views at the top end looking down over Capel Church and out towards the North Downs.
WT 247
Location
This path connects up to WT 204 off Amherst Bank Road and WT 204A.
Condition
The surface is extremely uneven and very muddy in places. The path has been taken off the route in places and it can be difficult to meet up with WT 204A.
WT 248
Location
This bridleway starts at the bus stop at the top of Stone Court Lane to the A228/Maidstone Road, opposite Hawkwell Farmhouse.
Condition
Can be a very muddy and rough surface in the winter. Once out of the woodland the path is quite steep until it gets to the A228/Maidstone Road at Hawkwell.
Gates / Stiles
Gates: 2
Stiles: 1
Further Guidance (Summer 2022)
The path travels down past the two cottages on Stone Court Lane, turns left down through the orchards then passes through woodland and then down what can be a very muddy and rough surface in the winter.
WT 407
Location
The path is very short and goes from Chalket Lane and comes out by the side of the Camden Arms pub.
WT 411
Location
The path is a bridleway to cross the A228/Maidstone Road and meets up with Rowley Hill at the end of Church Road.
Condition
The surface is hard and is only approximately 150 yards long.
