St George's Church, Benenden – The Culvert, Strawberry Wood loop from Benenden

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St George's Church, Benenden – The Culvert, Strawberry Wood loop from Benenden

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St George's Church, Benenden – The Culvert, Strawberry Wood loop from Benenden

03:39

13.6km

170m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tips

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High Weald National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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271 m

St George's Church, Benenden

Highlight • Religious Site

St George is a 14th-century church occupying a prime position at the head of Benenden village green. After being damaged by a storm in 1672, the church was restored significantly …

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1.44 km

The Culvert, Strawberry Wood

Highlight • Viewpoint

In this pretty forest area the trees were used for timber production. Iron was mined. Iron hammers were used to work metal on streams using water power.

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3.25 km

Pookwell Wood

Highlight • Forest

Coppers were operated. The poles were felled every five to seven years.

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4.28 km

Rolvenden Windmill

Highlight • Monument

The mill could have been built as early as 1580. It is a post mill - the whole building rotates on a post embedded in a brick roundhouse to achieve …

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5.41 km

St Mary the Virgin Church, Rolvenden

Highlight • Religious Site

The first church at Rolvenden was recorded in 1090 of Saxon origin. In the 12th and 13th centuries the early building was replaced by the current stone church, which was …

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6.57 km

Fungus Patrol – Rolvenden WW2 Auxiliary Unit Memorial

Highlight • Monument

The work and valour of a secretive WW2 Auxiliary Patrol has been remembered with the erection of a display board at a prominent footpath on the Hole Park Estate in Rolvenden

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11.8 km

Woodland Stream

Highlight • Forest

Muddy in places

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12.0 km

Nine Acre Wood

Highlight • Forest

13.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.22 km

3.91 km

3.75 km

845 m

549 m

175 m

141 m

Surfaces

7.63 km

3.49 km

1.95 km

517 m

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Comments

March 20, 2023,Benenden and Rolvenden - Kent Ramblers Walk: 125

There is a public footpath on the second half of this hike that Komoot doesn't have any pathways for, so it was a case of looking out for old way markers to lead the way