🥾 Walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 4
Kent
- 📏 9.9 km · 6.2 mi
- ⛰ +182 m
- ⏱ 2 hr 30 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance9.9 km · 6.2 mi
- Elevation+182 m
- Duration2 hr 30 min
- DifficultyModerate
- Route typeLinear
- TerrainField paths, woodland tracks and quiet lanes with one steady ridge climb
- Best seasonLate spring to early autumn
- DogsDog friendly, livestock likely so lead required in fields
About this walk
Stage 4 of the Scenic Green Trail sets off from Mallards Way Park and heads out through St Nicholas towards the historic village of Otham, where weatherboarded cottages and Wealden timber-framed houses set the tone for the day. The route passes The White Horse before easing into open countryside on the edge of the village.
From here the path climbs gently through orchards and hedgerowed fields, with the occasional view back across the Len Valley. You drop into Belts Wood, a quiet pocket of mixed woodland, then continue south past Rosewood on field-edge tracks. Nearby you can detour to the National Trust's Stoneacre, the Quarry Wood Iron Age earthworks or the Old Spot Lane Nature Area.
The final stretch rises steadily onto the ragstone ridge that carries you into Boughton Monchelsea, where the walk finishes near The Holy Family Church. The Curious Eatery makes a welcome stop before catching onward transport. With 182 m of ascent spread across just under 10 km, it is a satisfying but manageable half-day outing.
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
7 waypoints along the way
- 1
Mallards Way Park
- 2
St Nicholas
- 3
Otham
- 4
The White Horse
- 5
Belts Wood
- 6
Rosewood
- 7
Finish: Boughton Monchelsea
- Finish
The end of the route.
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Stoneacre
~198 m off the route
Quarry Wood Iron age Earthworks
~390 m off the route
Old Spot Lane Nature Area
~349 m off the route
The Curious Eatery
~213 m off the route
The Holy Family Church
~357 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).