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Turn right and enjoy a long view to the right where, far-off, can be seen the sky-scrapers of Canary Wharf. Climb two stiles on either side of a track, then descend a steep slope, at the bottom of which you cross a track and continue ahead on another hedge-enclosed footpath. This takes you up a steep slope on the western side of the valley.

Enter woods again, and on emerging from them aim half-left across the corner of a hilltop field. Maintain direction over the next field, then, at a crossing track, turn right to reach Dunstall Farm at TQ 535 614. Shortly before reaching the farm the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge over the Thames at Dartford can be seen in the distance, while all around you lies a tranquil, untroubled landscape. In the farmyard veer right, then left past some barns and cross another open field towards more trees on the lip of the Downs. Shortly after entering Dunstall Woods there’s a crossing path. Go straight over this and descend (steeply in places and on a long flight of timber-braced steps) ignoring alternatives to right and left, and come once more into the Darent Valley. Cross the A225 opposite Shoreham station, and wander down the road into Shoreham village.