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Circular walk · Moderate
A 5.4 mile circular walk from Selling near Faversham, through orchards and ancient Perry Wood to the Pulpit viewpoint on The Mount, finishing at the White Lion pub.
This figure-of-eight walk shows off the best of the countryside south of Faversham. A northern loop takes you through orchards and the hamlet of Gushmere and back past Selling station. A southern loop climbs into Perry Wood, a large and peaceful wood of coppiced chestnut and beech, to The Mount, where the wooden viewing platform known as the Pulpit looks out over the Kent countryside. Both loops start and end at the White Lion, an ME Card partner in the heart of the village.
Each loop works as a walk on its own and starts from the pub. The southern loop through Perry Wood to the Pulpit is about 2.8 miles, and the northern orchard loop is a little shorter.
The White Lion is an ME Card partner, so members save on food and drink when they get back. Show your card when you pay, and check the current offer shown with the stop below.
Selling is about four miles south-east of Faversham, and the walk passes Selling station on the Faversham to Canterbury line. If you drive, park considerately in the village or use the car park at Perry Wood and join the walk there.
Keep dogs on a lead near livestock and in the orchards. The Pulpit is a raised wooden platform with steps.
Start
Start and finish at the White Lion in the middle of Selling. It’s an ME Card partner, so it’s the obvious place for lunch or a drink once you’re back. Head north out of the village first for the orchard loop through Gushmere, returning past Selling station.
ME Card members get 10% OFF at White Lion.
3.6 mi · 1 hr 13 min walk to the next stop
Back at the village, turn south into Perry Wood. Much of it is sweet chestnut coppice, cut in rotation for poles and fencing, with older beech and oak along the tracks. Bluebells carpet the ground in spring, and autumn colour is superb. Several tracks cross the wood, so keep heading south and uphill towards The Mount.
Photo: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (geograph.org.uk).
0.4 mi · 8 min walk to the next stop
The Mount is one of the highest points in Perry Wood. Climb the steps of the Pulpit, a wooden viewing platform, for wide views across the woods and farmland of this corner of Kent. It’s a good spot for a break before you follow the paths back north to Selling and the White Lion.
Photo: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (geograph.org.uk).
1.3 mi · 27 min walk to the finish
Back at the start
