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Immediately on the right you will see another flight of stone steps, which you now climb onto Mariners Hill. At the top of the steps keep ahead on a fenced path which keeps left of a hilltop field. The path soon curves left among trees, with a house seen on the right, and on reaching a corner boundary fence you veer right, then in a few paces break off to the left – now on the route of the Greensand Way.

Mariners Hill was secured for the National Trust by a cheque received by Octavia Hill the day before she died in 1912. With a tremendous panoramic view over four counties (Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex), a brief diversion to the crown of the hill is worth making.

Cross a narrow drive and continue ahead over a wooded common. Ignoring alternative paths that break off right and left, eventually descend a fairly steep slope to a lane opposite the entrance to Chartwell.

Home to Sir Winston Churchill for 40-odd years, Chartwell is now one of the busiest National Trust properties. Refreshments are available at the house-end of the car park.