Cowden to Hever Walk
A contrast between a remote part of the Weald and three attractive and popular Kent villages.
Photos
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Converted oast house, Salmans Manor
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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The Chiding Stone
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Harden Vineyard in August
Aug-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Harden Vineyard in August
Aug-13 • Sean O'Neill
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The Chiding Stone
May-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Penshurst Place
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Penshurst Place
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Hole Cottage near Markbeech
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Photo by Kevin of a damsel fly
May-24 • wanderer.swc on Flickr
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Beer garden of the Leicester Arms Hotel
Sep-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Inscription on archway in Leicester Square
Sep-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Hever beacon, pub and church
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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1419 brass of Margaret Cheyne, Hever church
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Memorial gravestone, Hever churchyard
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Jousting ground, Hever Castle
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Through a sandstone rock cutting
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Field outside Chiddingstone
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Chiddingstone church
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Footpath near Chiddingstone
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Beer garden at the Castle Inn, Chiddingstone
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Beer garden at the Castle Inn, Chiddingstone
May-17 • Sean O'Neill
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St Mary's church tower, Chiddingstone
Mar-17 • Sean O'Neill
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Hever and Cowden Landscape
Sep-16 • girish_nayyar on Flickr
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Autumn colours in Penshurst Park
Nov-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Autumn colours in Penshurst Park
Nov-14 • Sean O'Neill
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A sheepish gaze at Salmans Manor
Oct-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Taking a leisurely stroll into Penshurst
Oct-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Parasol mushroom, Penshurst Park
Oct-14 • Sean O'Neill
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View from the old coach road
Oct-14 • Sean O'Neill
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The Vinegar Bible (see top left)
Oct-14 • Sean O'Neill
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The Vinegar Bible (see top left)
Oct-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Lean this way!
But don't follow the others, they're going wrong!
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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'This way! 2nd version
In a valley before descent left into the wood.
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Spot the fungi
Kentish woods in October
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Double Oast house
Kent
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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In honour of the Fallen
Penshurst, Kent
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Order of tne Garter
hence the latin slogan outside the Leicester Arms, Penshurst.
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Pond Life...
...with inevitable duckhouse
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Sandstone rock cutting
near Hever
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Ramblers' erection
near Hever
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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Sandstone cutting near Hoath Farm (video)
Spookily off-kilter movie! .Just click on arrow!
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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The Ghost of Henry...
at his pub in Hever...
Oct-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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A new look for the Leicester Arms Hotel, Penshurst
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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A new look for the Leicester Arms Hotel, Penshurst
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Gravestone, Penshurst churchyard
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Gravestone, Penshurst churchyard
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Fallen branch with mistletoe, Penshurst Park
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Fallen branch with mistletoe, Penshurst Park
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Flooded fields outside Penshurst
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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River Eden outside Penshurst (in the floods)
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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River Eden outside Penshurst (in the floods)
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Flooded fields outside Penshurst
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Flooded fields outside Penshurst
Feb-14 • Sean O'Neill
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Bracket fungus on willow tree near Hever station
Aug-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Rocks and tree roots at Hoath Corner
May-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Distant view of Penshurst Place from Salmans Manor
May-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Cuckooflowers in wood near Hill Hoath
May-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Woodland path near Hever Castle
May-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Holy Trinity Church, Markbeech
May-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Guarding the path at Markbeech
May-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Wood anenomes near Cowden station
May-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Lesser celandines near Cowden station
May-13 • Sean O'Neill
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Horses in a field
Champion the Wonder Horse again...is he following me? Cowden to Hever
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Wealden view near Chiddingstone Hoath, autumn
Nov-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Wealden view near Salmans Manor, autumn
Nov-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Old farm buildings at Wat Stock (trompe-l'oeil)
Nov-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Guarding the footpath to Chiddingstone
Nov-11 • Sean O'Neill
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St Mary's Church, Chiddingstone
Nov-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Chiddingstone Castle lake, autumn
Nov-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Chiddingstone Castle lake, autumn
Nov-11 • Sean O'Neill
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Spindle and other tree
The other tree's ash, I think. Cant quite make out the leaves. Cowden (short) Circular
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Courtyard tearoom at Chiddingstone Castle
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Courtyard tearoom at Chiddingstone Castle
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Tomb in Penshurst churchyard
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Sidney Chapel memorials, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Sidney Chapel memorials, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Old buildings in Leicester Square, Penshurst
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Inscription on archway, Penshurst churchyard
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Leicester Square, Penshurst
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Leicester Square, Penshurst
Jun-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Field near Hoath Corner
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Old village smithy, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Quaintways Tea Rooms, Penshurst (now closed)
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Old village smithy, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Leicester Arms Hotel, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Leicester Arms Hotel, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Sidney Chapel memorial, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Sidney Chapel memorial, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Sidney Chapel memorial, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Sidney Chapel memorial, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Sidney Chapel ceiling, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Sidney Chapel ceiling, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Luke Tapestry, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Luke Tapestry, St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Bluebell wood near Cowden station
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Bluebells in Birchcope Shaw
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Bluebells in Birchcope Shaw
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Wealden view near Chiddingstone Hoath, spring
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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St Mary's Church, Chiddingstone
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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St Mary's Church, Chiddingstone
May-10 • Sean O'Neill
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Fake windows
Barns decorated to look like mansions. Cowden to Hever
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Primroses - Hever station
Growing wild - quite a show. Cowden to Hever
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Chess-set topiary in Hever Castle gardens
Oct-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Italian Garden at Hever Castle
Oct-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Cascade in Hever Castle grounds
Oct-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Italian Garden at Hever Castle
Oct-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Fountain in Hever Castle gardens
Oct-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Lake in Hever Castle gardens
Oct-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Hever Castle and Tudor-style village
Oct-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Late afternoon view of Hever Castle
Oct-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Chiddingstone Castle
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Chiddingstone Castle
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Chiddingstone Castle lake, summer
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Chiddingstone Castle lake, summer
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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River Eden outside Penshurst (normal level)
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Leicester Square, Penshurst
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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Woodland path near Hill Hoath
Jun-09 • Sean O'Neill
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