Ide Hill: Discover Gardens, Paths and Landscapes

Ide Hill combines garden design, historic buildings and varied paths in a landscape that is particularly well suited to exploring on foot. A notable attraction is Emmetts Garden, an Edwardian hillside garden in Ide Hill. Those looking for a holiday apartment or other accommodation for their stay can spend their days here enjoying a garden visit, village paths and longer walks.

Gardens and historic details of the village

The area of Ide Hill designated as a Conservation Area covers 6.8 hectares. It contains seven listed buildings, including the K6 telephone kiosk. This protected village structure complements a visit to the garden with a glimpse into the area’s built history. Another striking building is The Cock Inn: the building dates from the 18th century, has timber cladding and two storeys. The Cock Inn is located in the parish of Sundridge with Ide Hill.

Walking routes with different focuses

For a travel plan centred on plenty of activity, the Toys Hill and Emmetts Garden circular walk provides a clear link between the landscape and the village. It follows a public footpath through Emmetts Garden and into the village of Ide Hill. Dogs are welcome on this circular walk; however, they must be kept on a lead within Emmetts Garden. This is a specific point to consider when choosing accommodation for a stay with a dog.

The other paths also have different focuses. After leaving the village green, the Ide Hill route joins the Greensand Way. There are also circular walks in the Ide Hill area with views of Bough Beech Reservoir. The woodland area of Ide Hill offers a view across the Kent Weald. This allows short explorations of the village and more extensive landscape experiences to be combined according to the day’s plans, without every walk having to have the same character.

Toys Hill as an additional starting point

Nearby, at Toys Hill, several surfaced and signposted paths lead from the car park around the area. One of them is suitable for wheelchair users. This information is important for planning the day because it describes a specific path option at the car park, without automatically making statements about all routes in the surrounding area. If you would like to plan the walk to the village, you can use another time estimate as a guide: walking from the Toy’s Hill car park to The Cock Inn in Ide Hill takes approximately 50 minutes.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Ide Hill, it can therefore be decisive which experiences are the main focus. A garden visit and local history are suited to a more relaxing outing, while the Greensand Way, the paths at Toys Hill and the views of the Kent Weald or Bough Beech Reservoir offer more scope for walking. If you are travelling with a dog, you should also take the lead requirement at Emmetts Garden into account when planning.

Discover more places

For your further search, you can also visit these places: Five Oak Green, Lenham, Lydd, Greatstone, Lyminge, Littlestone-On-Sea, Deal and Throwley Forstal.

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