The well-trodden path onto the greensand ridge rises from the narrow and perennially damp valley in which Ightham Mote is hidden and eventually gives a spectacular view across the Medway valley to the next sandstone ridge beyond.

The church in the middle distance is in the small village of Shipbourne with Hadlow Tower and a nearby line of oast houses in the distance. It is one of the finest views in west Kent with a landscape of Wealden woodlands and fields with little to show that much has changed in many centuries.