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Forest Way Cycle Path – Forest Way loop from Tunbridge Wells

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Forest Way Cycle Path – Forest Way loop from Tunbridge Wells

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Forest Way Cycle Path – Forest Way loop from Tunbridge Wells

03:24

51.1km

420m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 12, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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High Weald National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.62 km

Bridge Over Groombridge Station

Highlight • Bridge

This station has its own signal box and old-fashioned semaphore signals, which is quite interesting. The Spa Valley Railway passes through here.

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8.36 km

Picnic Bench in High Weald National Landscape

Highlight • Forest

Park in Forest Row co op carpark

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12.8 km

Stone Arch Bridge on Forest Way

Highlight • Bridge

Just another little part of history. Just imagine the old steam trains going through.

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12.8 km

Forest Way Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Gorgeous in summer, a firm path (not paved so muddy after rain) covered in trees that follows the path of an old railway line and now exclusively for bikes, hikers and horses. Great with children and virtually flat

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18.2 km

Forest Way

Highlight • Cycleway

The Forest Way is a shared use trail on the line of the disused railway between East Grinstead and Groombridge. It forms part of the Sussex section of the Avenue Verte, the long distance cycle route between London and Paris.

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19.5 km

Forest Way Hardpack Gravel Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Super hardpack gravel route with a few segments of asphalt bike path. Great for all bike users, young, old, beginner, expert.

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21.2 km

Luxford's Wood

Forest

21.8 km

Forest Way Country Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Superb gravel route in to East Grinstead.

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32.1 km

Coleman's Hatch Ridge Road

Highlight • Viewpoint

Also known as the Ridge Road, this road offers some absolutely fantastic views looking north over parts of Sussex, Surrey and Kent, from the Ashdown Forest. It's quite several kilometres …

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51.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.3 km

15.1 km

5.51 km

2.12 km

1.10 km

1.06 km

Surfaces

29.6 km

14.0 km

5.71 km

1.46 km

345 m

Elevation

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Highest point (190 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Thursday 25 June

32°C

21°C

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Forest Way Cycle Path – Forest Way loop from Tunbridge Wells

Bridge Over Groombridge Station

Picnic Bench in High Weald National Landscape

Stone Arch Bridge on Forest Way

Forest Way Cycle Path

Forest Way

Forest Way Hardpack Gravel Path

Forest Way Country Park

Coleman's Hatch Ridge Road

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