Pluckley Circular walk
Gentle walk through quiet Kent Orchards with ancient pubs - Darling Buds of May territory. Hilly afternoon options.
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![Scarecrow](https://live.staticflickr.com/225/483131204_5b4999e549.jpg)
Scarecrow
Nov-06 • msganching on Flickr
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![Sunset Winter sky in Kent.](https://live.staticflickr.com/230/484010030_626a6fbe9e.jpg)
Sunset
Winter sky in Kent.
Nov-06 • msganching on Flickr
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![Pluckley - Trees The Pluckley Circular walk.](https://live.staticflickr.com/214/483535894_87fceb4078.jpg)
Pluckley - Trees
The Pluckley Circular walk.
Nov-06 • msganching on Flickr
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![English Country Cottage Pluckley Circular. This photograph was taken in Little Chart Forstal the village where H. E. Bates lived.](https://live.staticflickr.com/3148/2637972889_420544b11b.jpg)
English Country Cottage
Pluckley Circular. This photograph was taken in Little Chart Forstal the village where H. E. Bates lived.
Jun-08 • msganching on Flickr
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![English Country House Thanks to everyone who has commented on and made this photograph a favourite. I am glad that so many people like it however please do not use this photograph without my permission. A few people have used this image on blogs which I have no problem with but some others have used it on sites which are purely for advertising.](https://live.staticflickr.com/3151/2625549461_03b5737303.jpg)
English Country House
Thanks to everyone who has commented on and made this photograph a favourite. I am glad that so many people like it however please do not use this photograph without my permission. A few people have used this image on blogs which I have no problem with but some others have used it on sites which are purely for advertising.
Jun-08 • msganching on Flickr
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![Footpath Pluckley circular.](https://live.staticflickr.com/3132/2622751496_e3c2245c0f.jpg)
Footpath
Pluckley circular.
Jun-08 • msganching on Flickr
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![Pink stuff and wall Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3350/3520041794_0931cf4ffb.jpg)
![Two trees Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3590/3519230579_2b7f4ed741.jpg)
![White and yellow Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3346/3519231909_c529220c44.jpg)
![Rapefield through trees Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3592/3519235113_13c1735c1e.jpg)
![Maple leaves Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3389/3520050668_039ebc0d04.jpg)
![St Nicholas' Churchyard St Nicholas' Churchyard Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3632/3520052004_3b3580ded0.jpg)
St Nicholas' Churchyard
St Nicholas' Churchyard Pluckley Circular with extension
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![St Nicholas' Churchyard St Nicholas' Churchyard. Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3357/3520053432_ca773e8983.jpg)
St Nicholas' Churchyard
St Nicholas' Churchyard. Pluckley Circular with extension
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![Obligatory sheep Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3352/3520054720_b277dd8db9.jpg)
![Buttercups Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3316/3520056026_af044e1477.jpg)
![Bird on a wall A succession of starlings stood on this wall with grubs in their beaks. Courtship thing perhaps? Pub #3 The George Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3568/3519244277_03c3bc5bb2.jpg)
Bird on a wall
A succession of starlings stood on this wall with grubs in their beaks. Courtship thing perhaps? Pub #3 The George Pluckley Circular with extension
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![Pub no 4 I skipped this one. Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3405/3519246039_aca84e3220.jpg)
![looking back Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3355/3520060742_28c8620979.jpg)
![Dering Arms (pub # 5) A remarkable thing about this (extended) walk is that there are now 5* pub stops on the way round. We went in all 5 - though not necessarily all the group in all the pubs. And it definitely wasn’t a pub crawl (for instance, I only managed 4 of them) *We could have made it 6 if we’d gone in the Blacksmiths as well but that would have been excessive. Pluckley Circular with extension](https://live.staticflickr.com/3638/3520040546_a461ec711e_z.jpg)
Dering Arms (pub # 5)
A remarkable thing about this (extended) walk is that there are now 5* pub stops on the way round. We went in all 5 - though not necessarily all the group in all the pubs. And it definitely wasn’t a pub crawl (for instance, I only managed 4 of them) *We could have made it 6 if we’d gone in the Blacksmiths as well but that would have been excessive. Pluckley Circular with extension
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![Duckleypluckley](https://live.staticflickr.com/4016/4619219399_8932a8a7e1.jpg)
Duckleypluckley
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![clocks](https://live.staticflickr.com/4019/4619215517_cb613b1c59_z.jpg)
clocks
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Dering Manor](https://live.staticflickr.com/4020/4619215735_6f526385d8.jpg)
Dering Manor
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4042/4619829388_8b3f584ce7.jpg)
Tulips
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Footpath](https://live.staticflickr.com/3332/4619216163_9d05b70250_z.jpg)
Footpath
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Kent Cricket](https://live.staticflickr.com/4070/4619829778_f153a7497b.jpg)
Kent Cricket
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Darlingbuds](https://live.staticflickr.com/3389/4619216493_daa6dd4c89.jpg)
Darlingbuds
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Plum Moth 2009](https://live.staticflickr.com/3343/4619216701_fc8eb6e201.jpg)
Plum Moth 2009
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Unusual glass tower](https://live.staticflickr.com/3317/4619830320_ccb7148660.jpg)
Unusual glass tower
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![St Nicholas](https://live.staticflickr.com/3317/4619830602_91a5dd04c7.jpg)
St Nicholas
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![The black hooped gate](https://live.staticflickr.com/3313/4619217733_8b4d8f1226.jpg)
The black hooped gate
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Friendliest cat in Kent](https://live.staticflickr.com/3361/4619217973_89a7653cec.jpg)
Friendliest cat in Kent
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![The Weald](https://live.staticflickr.com/3340/4619831742_e077b330f1.jpg)
The Weald
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Ridiculous haircut](https://live.staticflickr.com/4009/4619218561_e29c576710.jpg)
Ridiculous haircut
May-10 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Through a rapefield Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/3402/4616340406_67c81f8da6.jpg)
![Horses Just in case you didn't know what they were. Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/4057/4615728759_59aea67ca3.jpg)
![Through a gate Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/3391/4615731141_446bb0d544.jpg)
![Tree and rapefield Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/4059/4615732413_09a2f97f72.jpg)
![Apple blossom The path goes through apple orchards. Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/4056/4615734777_3239939f8d.jpg)
Apple blossom
The path goes through apple orchards. Pluckley Circular
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![Apple blossom The path goes through apple orchards. Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/4043/4615737253_a8dc88e06c.jpg)
Apple blossom
The path goes through apple orchards. Pluckley Circular
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![Apple blossom The path goes through apple orchards. Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/3306/4616352730_3daa4c6c86.jpg)
Apple blossom
The path goes through apple orchards. Pluckley Circular
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![Radiant tree Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/4018/4616355342_631e8e0190.jpg)
![Path through rapefield Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/4026/4615742149_ae844355a0.jpg)
![Tree and rapefield Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/4038/4615743815_49745e318c.jpg)
![More green](https://live.staticflickr.com/2142/5696842485_04c935c309.jpg)
![A fieldy vista](https://live.staticflickr.com/5307/5697442178_cc2d407d7d.jpg)
![The Brook at The Swan](https://live.staticflickr.com/2066/5696883773_1acc7f998e_z.jpg)
The Brook at The Swan
May-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![The Swan Inn](https://live.staticflickr.com/3094/5696891715_04b9521f79.jpg)
![A Cardinal's cape](https://live.staticflickr.com/5023/5696896731_4bc36da3e1_z.jpg)
A Cardinal's cape
May-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Plum orchard](https://live.staticflickr.com/5026/5696916323_79e8efcc75.jpg)
![St Nicholas' Lychgate](https://live.staticflickr.com/5228/5696943761_16b01c21ea.jpg)
St Nicholas' Lychgate
May-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Windows through windows](https://live.staticflickr.com/2032/5696957089_f1c9ceb7d0_z.jpg)
Windows through windows
May-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Lichen stones](https://live.staticflickr.com/3028/5696968577_6b0349dc27.jpg)
![Red red rose](https://live.staticflickr.com/2076/5697546164_b0324b7e90.jpg)
![Two beaks](https://live.staticflickr.com/3082/5697552730_409fec5af9.jpg)
![Black Horse Sign](https://live.staticflickr.com/2607/5696989845_6da973447b.jpg)
Black Horse Sign
May-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Pair of sparrows](https://live.staticflickr.com/2430/5696992653_a257453eb8.jpg)
Pair of sparrows
May-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![The only apple blossom left in Pluckley](https://live.staticflickr.com/3179/5697575450_a2231fd086.jpg)
The only apple blossom left in Pluckley
May-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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![Wealdy](https://live.staticflickr.com/3498/5697027907_5ce000873c.jpg)
![And don't come back These spooky horses escorted us menacingly through their field. Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/6019/5901931069_8e18aba1e4.jpg)
And don't come back
These spooky horses escorted us menacingly through their field. Pluckley circular
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![tree tunnel Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/6008/5901936351_d2bd4bf915.jpg)
![Through wheat Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/6045/5901941503_41c4ddb9ff.jpg)
![Big chestnut Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/6099/5901947029_a610082e11_z.jpg)
![Pluckley churchyard Said to be haunted. By a red lady. Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/6049/5902519770_e942f8b30e.jpg)
Pluckley churchyard
Said to be haunted. By a red lady. Pluckley circular
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![Through wheat Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/5275/5902527152_f04b68d5cb.jpg)
![Teasels Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/6045/5901970827_7cafc5a640.jpg)
![Teasels Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/5316/5901977931_55170a02a6.jpg)
![Trees, Little Chart Forstall Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/7023/6703117203_08f0b7602b_z.jpg)
![Cherry(?) Orchard Pluckley Circular Shelter belt and net supports](https://live.staticflickr.com/7018/6703129913_6e29e8062e.jpg)
Cherry(?) Orchard
Pluckley Circular Shelter belt and net supports
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![Five oasthouses Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/7142/6703132915_99017b1e28.jpg)
![Cherry(?) Orchard Pluckley Circular Shelter belt and net supports](https://live.staticflickr.com/7023/6703137149_454ccdd0f4.jpg)
Cherry(?) Orchard
Pluckley Circular Shelter belt and net supports
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![Abandoned apples Orchard near Pluckley. Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/7144/6703140139_6bc412b8e4_z.jpg)
![Ploughed field (But, luckily, re-instated path). Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/7143/6703148061_2828c06c93.jpg)
Ploughed field
(But, luckily, re-instated path). Pluckley Circular
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![View from the ridge Pluckley Circular (shorter extension)](https://live.staticflickr.com/7026/6703151533_2d0d883a52.jpg)
![View near Honey Farm Pluckley Circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/7165/6703167581_acb53c5c54_z.jpg)
![Rainbow near Pluckly No gold found!](https://live.staticflickr.com/3854/14533752565_f5a8c12d80.jpg)
Rainbow near Pluckly
No gold found!
Feb-14 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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![Egerton village last pub for lunch on the longer walk route](https://live.staticflickr.com/5476/14403940629_28c0e9f54b_z.jpg)
Egerton village
last pub for lunch on the longer walk route
Jul-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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![Through a bowl of cereal... ...towards Pluckley from Honey Farm](https://live.staticflickr.com/5537/14587230191_c49d9ae782_z.jpg)
Through a bowl of cereal...
...towards Pluckley from Honey Farm
Jul-14 • magyardave2002 on Flickr
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![Farm House](https://live.staticflickr.com/971/26913352487_e28da77d2e.jpg)
Farm House
Apr-18 • msganching on Flickr
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![Motor I went for a walk in the 1940s.](https://live.staticflickr.com/824/40418787590_931192b0d3.jpg)
Motor
I went for a walk in the 1940s.
Apr-18 • msganching on Flickr
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![Pluckley Circular 9.9.18 view1](https://live.staticflickr.com/1880/44599892061_cf618c7947.jpg)
![Pluckley Circular 9.9.18 view3](https://live.staticflickr.com/1842/30729349368_6499d12317.jpg)
![Pluckley Circular 9.9.18 view2](https://live.staticflickr.com/1873/30729331318_0951323d49.jpg)
![English Country House](https://live.staticflickr.com/1962/45652692882_a2b1d619c8.jpg)
English Country House
Nov-18 • msganching on Flickr
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![Pluckley equines](https://live.staticflickr.com/7874/33212234438_725297f373.jpg)
![Signs of Spring Daffs keep an eye on crocuses](https://live.staticflickr.com/7816/47035098522_75484fbec2.jpg)
Signs of Spring
Daffs keep an eye on crocuses
Feb-19 • quitenearmike on Flickr
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![Pluckley Circular 28.7.19 SWC2](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48418331297_f15c27c22a.jpg)
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![Pluckley Circular 28.7.19 SWC6](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48418331092_55355b402a.jpg)
![Pluckley Circular 7.5.22 IMG_3288 LR](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52063892470_2444d4cc7c.jpg)
Pluckley Circular 7.5.22 IMG_3288 LR
May-22 • Steven F Coles on Flickr
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![Pluckley Circular 7.5.22 IMG_3295 LR](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52063892440_c1903fee34.jpg)
Pluckley Circular 7.5.22 IMG_3295 LR
May-22 • Steven F Coles on Flickr
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![Apple blossom Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52066714561_f0d0192a59_z.jpg)
![Swan at the Swan Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52066714531_03ac7abb8f_z.jpg)
![Cow at the Swan Pluckley circular](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52066949324_d79775d83a_z.jpg)
![Pluckley Circular 23.3.24 SWC1](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53607935487_5ff3c31eb0.jpg)
Pluckley Circular 23.3.24 SWC1
23-Mar-24 • Steven F Coles on Flickr
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![Pluckley Circular 23.3.24 SWC2](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53608810526_4488133e21.jpg)
Pluckley Circular 23.3.24 SWC2
23-Mar-24 • Steven F Coles on Flickr
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![Pluckley Circular 23.3.24 SWC3](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53607938702_70f5b51575.jpg)
Pluckley Circular 23.3.24 SWC3
23-Mar-24 • Steven F Coles on Flickr
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![Pluckley Circular 23.3.24 SWC4](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53608813336_c199eba03b.jpg)
Pluckley Circular 23.3.24 SWC4
23-Mar-24 • Steven F Coles on Flickr
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