## Benenden and Rolvenden

![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/banner_125.jpg)

## Points of Interest

### Rolvenden Windmill

![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P125a.jpg)

The mill, seen early on the return leg from 
						Rolvenden, could have been built as early as 1580. It is 
						a post mill - the whole building rotates on a post 
						embedded in a brick roundhouse to achieve optimal 
						orientation with the wind. The mill was last used around 
						1885 and restored in 1956.

### Strawberry Wood

![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P125b.jpg)

In the wood your route crosses an old stone culvert.  
						This has recently been restored but its age remains a 
						mystery.  It was certainly built to allow heavy 
						loads to cross, which could suggest a connection with 
						the Wealden iron industry in Tudor and early Stuart 
						times (see Kent Ramblers Annual Review 2013 for more 
						details).  However it could be much older, perhaps 
						dating to Roman times.

### Public Transport

There are buses from Tunbridge Wells to Benenden and 
						Rolvenden.

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