Hothfield is a village and civil parish in the Ashford Borough of Kent, England and is 3 miles north-west of Ashford on the A20. It is completely split in two by Hothfield Common. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Another 'two-for-the-price-of-one' here as the walker combines two 'Greensand Way' walks into one of around 15.5 miles. Starting out from Lenham station, there's a fair bit of road walking initially, albeit on a quiet road, but the walker soon reaches Boughton Malherbe and The Greensand Way. This provides for some delightful walking through 'Darling Buds' scenery of orchards and meadows right through to Pluckley (duplicating some of the 'Pluckley Circular' walk) and beyond. The path is joined by The Stour Valley Walk shortly after Little Chart before arriving at the 'New Forestesque' Hothfield Common; there's even wild ponies to add to the resemblance. At Great Chart, the walker leaves The Greensand Way to follow The Stour Valley Walk through urban Ashford and on to its station. A lovely walk along one of this walker's favourite paths, The Greensand Way. The beginning and ending of the walk are quite hard on the joints, but the rest of the walk more than compensates!
The Hawkhurst Branch Line - 48 years after closure
This is the walk back from Cranbrook to Hawkhurst part 3 of 4 The walk to the tunnel The construction between 1842 and 1853 of the Ashford to Hastings Line, the Tonbridge to Hastings line and South Eastern Main Line between Redhill and Folkestone left a triangle of land within the Kentish High Weald devoid of rail communication. It was a heavily wooded and agricultural area which comprised many small villages and hamlets. The three largest settlements in this area were Cranbrook; the former heart of the defunct Wealden cloth industry, Hawkhurst and Tenterden. There were no large landowners or wealthy industrialists to promote a branch line,while the local railway company - the South Eastern Railway (SER) - preferred to wait until local enterprise had funded the route's construction. A variety of abortive schemes were proposed, including an 1864 proposal by the nominally independent Weald of Kent Railway to run a route from Paddock Wood to Hythe via Cranbrook for which the SER obtained parliamentary authorisation as a defensive measure against a similar scheme proposed by the rival London, Chatham and Dover Railway. The SER's enthusiasm for the scheme waned after the financial collapse of its rival in the wake of the 1866 Overend Gurney crisis.It was left to another independent company, the locally-promoted Cranbrook and Paddock Wood Railway, to revive the scheme in 1877 and pursue it for a further 15 years before its opening in October 1892.The company was incorporated on 2 August 1877. The remains of the former SER branch line that ran from Paddock Wood to Hawkhurst in July 2016 .Looking at what remains of the old trackbed (where possible)through Badger's Oak Tunnel towards Cranbrook.To the north of Horsmonden after the tunnel and embankment much of the line followed fairly flat land with a number of level crossings most of the trackbed here has dissappeared.
*HD* CJE See's Double Headed Class 37's With two tones Through Swanley working 6M95
Double Headed Class 37's With two tones Through Swanley working 6M95
6M95: Dungeness Bristish Energy - Crewe Coal Sidings (DRS)
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