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Beat Map and Beat Guide are both available in the Members' area. 

 

Beat 1.

TN12 8EP There is parking for several cars on either side of the road on the Goudhurst side of Smallbridge (///relay.rotations.convey) on Lidwells Lane. This is public parking, so ensure your car is secure with no valuables visible.

Walk back up towards Goudhurst and climb over the metal gate on the right.

You can also park at Trottenden Farm and walk down the road.

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Beat 2a.

TN17 1ES Parking at Trottenden Farm (///repelled.journey.diagram) for 4 cars. See Beat map. Access to the river is down the big field in front of the parking area. Take care when cattle are about especially if they have calves. Alternative access is via Share Farm.

 

Beat 2b and 2a.

TN12 8ES Parking is now available at the top of Share Farm Drive ( ///record.dunes.finalists ) off Brick Kiln Lane (off the Goudhurst Rd). Room for 3 cars but consider reversing through the gate, and after very wet weather it is muddy, and cars have become stuck. Do not use if gate closed.

Walk down the drive, bear right and then along the footpath to the pedestrian bridge (‘Ironbridge’). Locked gates give access to the left to beat 2b (Share Farm) but also upstream to beat 2a (Trottenden), both banks, but right bank is by far the best.

TN12 8ES Alternative parking is further up Brick Kiln Lane on the left opposite Nevergood Farm Yard (///dumps.focus.fictional) . The metal gate is usually locked on the club combination code. Space for 2 or 3 cars if parked carefully. Ensure the gate is locked after you, if found that way. Walk back down Brick Kiln Road to Share Farm Drive.

It is also possible to park at the top of Lidwell’s Lane and walk down the public footpath to Ironbridge. The lane is narrow, so park very carefully, and it is a long walk.

 

Beat 3a.

TN12 8ET The turning is immediately after Stonebridge (///tides.bloom.skies), if coming from Goudhurst, on the right, via a locked metal gate. Do not block the gate, but drive through and park on the left . Room for several cars, but can be muddy in very wet weather and some cars have been stuck.

 

Beat 3b, 3c, 4, 5, 6

TN17 1JU Turn off the B2079 at Summer Hill into Harpers Farm (///extent.shaver.explores ). Take great care as there is a Nursery School based there. Proceed straight ahead and down the track

to the bottom where you will see parking for 4 cars on the right. Please park carefully to allow maximum space for others.

From there it is a short walk down to the Footbridge. On the left is 3b and on the left bank you can also reach 3a upstream. 3c is on the right, down to the Green Concrete Footbridge, easiest on the left bank.

Below the Green Concrete Bridge is Beat 4, with several spots on a short stretch of the left bank but access continues down the right bank to the fork of the two rivers where Beats 5 and 6 commence.

Beat 4

TN12 8BW Turn off the Goudhurst – Horsmonden road onto Grovehurst lane and on to School House Lane past sewerage treatment works lane, then past Bainden Lane on the right, turn right down track, stop after c.80 metres at gate on left— padlock combination. Re-padlock gate drive down rough track, ( stone chipped base but beware state of track, which is generally suitable for 4WD and, in fine weather, cars ) for half a mile, in summer the grass is knee high but its drivable, cross bridge ( dried-up Teise ) follow left and park on left bend. Short walk to footbridge over river.

TN12 9LX Access via the B2079 via Great Cheveney Farm ( ///irrigated.imply.flooding ) . Proceed straight along the track down as far as a large area of rubble on the right and a TAOA parking sign. Room for 2 cars. Follow the field boundaries down to the river (quite a long walk).

 

Reservoir

TN12 9NX From Goudhurst proceed along B2079 to Marden Beech and turn left into Sheephurst Lane continuing over the humpback bridge (which is the end of Beat 5, but there is no parking there) until you see Oasts on the left and a sign on the left for Pottery. Turn left into Jenner’s Farm (///spells.cape.preheated ), through the automatic gates. Refer to Beat Map for parking details.

 

Beat 7.

TN12 9PH Continue along Sheephurst Lane until it meets the B2162, turn left, then immediately right, but turn off that road straight away onto the drive to the left. Proceed down to Bockingfold Farm but turn sharp left before reaching the large farmhouse. Park in front of the large barn on the right, (///binder.wriggled.coasters ) where indicated. This parking is very close indeed to the river, and easy flat access to the near bank upstream, but a long-handled net may be necessary.

Note: Tanner House access (Beat 4 primarily). Parking no longer available for the present.