The Wealdway - from the Thames to the English Channel

This guidebook to the 82 mile Wealdway provides mapping of the whole trail at 1:25,000 scale. It includes the Tonbridge town trail and information on geology, geography and history.

The Wealdway is an excellent walk, running 82 miles from Gravesend on the Thames Estuary to Beachy Head and Eastbourne on the south coast. It crosses the North Downs, the Greensand ridge, the Medway valley (twice), the High Weald (including Ashdown Forest), the Low Weald and the South Downs. 

This is quintessential English countryside with rolling downs, village greens, deep wooded valleys and traditional pubs. History surrounds you as you walk, with numerous furnace and hammer ponds left from the iron industry that characterised the Weald in times past. The trail is easy to access but provides a wonderful rural experience. 

Published by Kent and Sussex Ramblers 2023