# Kent Ramblers: Walk 451

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## Points of Interest

### Moated Manor

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The brickwork in the centre of 
						the moat is all that remains of a house built in the 
						15th and 16th centuries for the Walsingham family.  
						Queen Elizabeth I visited Scadbury in 1597 when she 
						knighted Thomas Walsingham, nephew of her Secretary of 
						State.  At that time Scadbury was a hunting park 
						and some oaks that would have been saplings then still 
						survive.  In 1738 the house was demolished, 
						possibly because it was unsafe, and the owners moved to 
						Frognall.

The Tudor barn was demolished by 
						the last V1 flying bomb to cause damage in the UK on 28 
						March 1945.

The estate was bought by Bromley 
						Council in 1982.  There is a long-term 
						archaeological investigation in progress, undertaken by 
						Orpington and District Archaeological Society.

### Carved Bears

![](https://www.kentramblers.org.uk/KentWalks/public/images/P451b.jpg)

The bears are part of a 7.5 mile 
						Bear Trail which starts at Elmstead Woods station and 
						finishes at Chislehurst station, passing around 25 bears 
						on the way.  Most of the bears are funded by the 
						Chislehurst Society.

### Public Transport

Nearby roads including St Paul's 
						Cray Road, St Paul's Wood Hill and Perry Street are well 
						served by numerous buses from Orpington and Chislehurst.

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