A Chiddingstone is an attractive village with a row of 16/17th century Kentish houses, the Castle and the famous Castle Inn. The Chiding Stone was traditionally used as a seat of judgement. To include the visit to the village and the Chidding Stone will increase the length of the walk to 51/2 miles.

It is possible to parking at Hoath Corner or on a wide grass verge near the entrance to Trugger's Farm. From Trugger's Farm walk towards the Rock Inn. Notice the attractive pond in the gardens on the left.

Just beyond these turn left to cross a stile by a fingerpost. This is a straight forward path at first between hedges, then alongside a hedge, through a copse with a rather uneven patch caused by a fallen tree where it crosses a dried up stream and then out into a field. Here turn right to follow the edge of the wood on your right. There is a way-mark post on the corner pointing to a narrow path across the field and into the wood. The woodland path winds through young trees to join a wider bridleway where you turn right.

The bridleway continues straight ahead for a good half mile until you come within sight of the hamlet of Hill Hoath. There is a stile on the left hand side tucked right in the corner of the seemingly obstructing barrier. Turn right here, through a small gate and into the broad track which passes between lovely cottages with cottage gardens.

It is here you decide whether to take the four mile walk or to go on into Chiddingstone and join the original route further on. Instructions will be found in the last paragraph for the longer walk.

To continue the four mile walk, turn up sharp right just beyond the cottages. There are way-marks on a post here (Eden Valley Walk). Go up the gravel track and turn left by the the entrance to a house on the left. Continue through the farmyard area, keeping straight on. There is a glimpse of the castle if you look to the left. Keep forward to a stile and gate with way-marks and go through and after approximately 50 yards turn right. This is a pleasant grassy track. It is joined soon by the path from the village coming in from the left.

(*)Continue straight on keeping over to the left (if in doubt) until you reach the road. Cross the road and to the right look for the entrance to a field on the left. When in the field you will notice that a diversion has been marked and one does not now follow the grassy path to a field gate, but turn right at the entrance and follow round the edge of the field, turning the corner by the way-mark post and on to a field gate by a pond and so out to a gravel bridleway. Turn left and keep to the bridleway until you reach Wat Stock where you turn right into another bridleway just before the first barn.

This bridleway continues until the surface changes and you go round to the right down to a large pond where there are a few houses. Go to the end of the road to where it turns away to the left, but you must take the new wooden kissing gate on the right. This is a recent footpath diversion and will not be shown on a map for some time.

Having passed through the first kissing gate, go on to another two identical gates on your left with a short flight of steps. Now the new path leads towards trees and another kissing gate and stile on the right. Cross the stile and go to the right keeping to the fence on the right and so through a small copse and exit across a footbridge. Now turn right for a short distance and go round to the left to continue in the same direction until you come to another stile. In this next field keep to the field boundary on the right and up two more fields to a stile in the hedge at the top. From there go left as far a Oakenden Farm house on the left.

Opposite here is a shallow flight of steps to a stile and a footpath going straight ahead. Look right along this path for a glimpse of Penshurst Place in the distance. Where the hedge on the left comes to an end, turn left into an enclosed footpath. This route passes a rocky outcrop on the way to meet the road at Hoath Corner. Go right a few yards then turn left onto a track in a field. This is often overgrown with a crop but is still easy to follow to a stile in a hedge straight on. Cross this and go forward veering to the right downhill to follow a narrow track towards the roofs of houses opposite and a stile onto the road which if you turn left will bring you back to the entrance to Trugger's Farm.

Directions to extend the walk to Chiddingstone. From the cottages at Hill Hoath bear left at a wooden garage on the corner. This narrow country road passes the entrance to the Castle, originally a manor house, which was rebuilt in 1679 in pseudo medieval style. This is open to the public at various times from April to September. Continue on to the cross roads and turn right and in about a quarter mile pass the lake with the Castle now on your right. When you turn the next corner you will find yourself in the village with the Castle Inn, a tea shop and the old houses in front of you. These are all leased from the National Trust. The church of St. Mary's has unusual features.

Go along the road to a small green on the right and the sign to the Chiding Stone which you may wish to visit. A little further on also on the right is the footpath with its fingerpost. Take this path which crosses a stile passing a sports field to another stile. Cross field straight ahead through the crop and at bottom of field bear left to yet another stile. The path from the right is a route from Hill Hoath. To continue turn left until you meet another path coming from the right (Eden Valley Walk). At this point go to text marked with an asterisk.(*)