Around Elham

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From the church walk down Duck Street, then head uphill to a footpath on the right. Take the bridleway up steps through trees on the right. Go through a gate and continue diagonally uphill through the field beyond, making for the stile in the far corner. Follow the track beyond through two more metal gates to the road.

Cross here and follow the footpath ahead, through a gate, then along the field edge. The path goes downhill through a couple more gates, then up along a field-edge past a pylon.

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  Terrain  - Well-marked field tracks and footpaths, several stiles
  Landscape  - Fertile fields and lush green valley
  Dog friendliness  - Dogs on lead through grazed areas
  Parking  - By Elham church on the village square
  Toilets en route  - Village centre on the main street
About the walk
Although you'll cross the course of the Nail Bourne on both the outward and return legs of this walk, the chances are that you won't be aware of it – for this is Kent's most elusive stream and it only flows in the wettest winters. The waters (bourne is an old local word for stream) used to be known...
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Kent is home to the White Cliffs of Dover, an English icon that marks the point where the Kent Downs AONB stretches from the Surrey Hills down to the sea. Visitors can explore historic parklands, including Knole Park and Sir Winston Churchill’s former home at Chartwell, or beautiful nature reserves, such as the coppiced woodlands of Denge Wood and Earley Wood and the ancient fine chalk woodland of Yockletts Bank.
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Around Elham

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Location
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Additional information
  Terrain - Well-marked field tracks and footpaths, several stiles
  Landscape - Fertile fields and lush green valley
  Dog friendliness - Dogs on lead through grazed areas
  Parking - By Elham church on the village square
  Toilets en route - Village centre on the main street
About the walk
Although you'll cross the course of the Nail Bourne on both the outward and return legs of this walk, the chances are that you won't be aware of it – for this is Kent's most elusive stream and it only flows in the wettest winters. The waters (bourne is an old local word for stream) used to be known...
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Kent
Kent is home to the White Cliffs of Dover, an English icon that marks the point where the Kent Downs AONB stretches from the Surrey Hills down to the sea. Visitors can explore historic parklands, including Knole Park and Sir Winston Churchill’s former home at Chartwell, or beautiful nature reserves, such as the coppiced woodlands of Denge Wood and Earley Wood and the ancient fine chalk woodland of Yockletts Bank.