🥾 Walking route
Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Oldbury Hill, Ightham Mote
Kent
- 📏 4.8 km · 3 mi
- ⛰ +153 m
- ⏱ 1 hr 15 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance4.8 km · 3 mi
- Elevation+153 m
- Duration1 hr 15 min
- DifficultyModerate
- Route typeCircular
- TerrainWoodland paths, field tracks and quiet lanes with one steady climb
- Best seasonSpring to autumn
- DogsDog friendly on leads near livestock
About this walk
Starting in the village of Ightham, this circular route in the Kent Weald links a medieval moated manor with the wooded ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort. The walk climbs steadily out of the village onto Oldbury Hill, where the earthworks of Oldbury Camp trace a vast prehistoric enclosure beneath the trees.
From the high ground the path drops through mixed woodland to Fish Ponds Wood, a quiet, damp pocket of greensand country, before easing back through the hamlet of St Lawrence. Field edges and shaded lanes lead you back towards Ightham Mote itself, with views opening across the rolling Kentish countryside on the return leg.
At roughly 4.8 km with 153 m of ascent, it is a satisfying short outing that combines woodland, history and gentle pastoral scenery. Raspit Hill, The Toll, Broomfield Wood, Stone Street and Ightham Common all sit nearby if you want to extend the day or explore further on foot.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
5 waypoints along the way
- 1
Ightham (start and finish)
- Start / finish
Start and finish of this circular route.
- 2
Oldbury Camp
- 3
Oldbury Hill
- 4
Fish Ponds Wood
- 5
St Lawrence
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Raspit Hill
~241 m off the route
The Toll
~276 m off the route
Broomfield wood
~295 m off the route
Stone Street
~216 m off the route
Ightham Common
~289 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).