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Cross the lane with care onto a continuing footpath immediately left of the car park entrance. It’s a narrow, fence-enclosed path (muddy after inclement weather) from which you can glimpse views of the extensive Chartwell grounds. Soon rising steeply among trees you reach another narrow lane and cross directly ahead onto a bridleway which takes you through more woodland. Once again, ignore alternative paths and keep ahead, eventually curving right alongside the hedged garden boundary of a house at the hamlet of French Street. Very shortly come to a crossing lane at TQ 458 527.

Leave the Greensand Way here and turn left. Shortly after passing the attractive little white-walled April Cottage, take the right-hand of two footpaths on the right, and descend steeply between fences. At the foot of the slope cross a footbridge over a minor stream, and ascend a meadow to its top right-hand corner where there’s a stile next to a field gate. Turn right on a farm drive, and within a few paces pass along the right-hand side of Outridge Farm, an utterly delightful cottage, and oasthouses owned by the National Trust.