Pinetum Trail, Bedgebury
1.6 miles (2.6 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Double gates below the main visitor car park, Bedgebury. Under an hour, easy.
Start: TQ 715 332, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 37 m of climbing and 38 m of descent; highest point 97 m.
Facts
- Code
- SE 1501
- Distance
- 1.6 miles (2.6 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- South East
- County
- Kent
- Total ascent
- About 37 m. Highest point 97 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car parks
- Car park, 290 m from the start. Directions TQ 712 332Go Ape, 820 m from the start. Directions TQ 723 336
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Quarry Centre, 2.5 km away (Directions); Etchingham station, 7 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 34 m in a kilometre (1 in 29), starting 0.6 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Cafés
- Bedgebury cafe, Bedgebury Cross: at the start and finish.Bedgebury Café Kiosk, Bedgebury Cross: 1.2 miles in, about 200 m off the way.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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Walks nearby
- SE 1323Ironmaster's Walk, Batemans2 miles, circular. Starts 6.4 miles away
- SE 1326Kipling's Puck Walk Around the Bateman's Countryside, Batemans2.5 miles, circular. Starts 6.5 miles away
- SE 152Tunbridge Wells Circular WalkLong-distance route, 27.5 miles, circular. Starts 10.6 miles away
- SE 149Medway Valley WalkLong-distance route, 28 miles, one way. Starts 11.3 miles away
- SE 1011Eden Valley Walk15 miles, one way. Starts 11.5 miles away
- SE 1071Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Old Soar Manor7 miles, circular. Starts 13.6 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryengland.uk on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry England, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry England).
- Facts: forestryengland.uk
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