1st stop of the outing to Oxted and its environs: My first ever visit to Oxted and no real ale pubs in Oxted itself apart from Wetherspoon’s The Oxted Inn by Oxted Station at 1-4 Hoskins Walk, Station Road West. A fast train even on a Saturday from London Bridge, just stopping at East Croydon, got me to Oxted in just 31 minutes. Getting out on the right side is the trick in opting for Station Road East. On this afternoon outing, a hearty breakfast in a local café beckoned first before the walk to the first drinking stop, The Bull Inn, High Street, Limpsfield. You cannot help but be struck by Oxted’s distinctive "mock Tudor" town centre, largely built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries following the arrival of the railway in 1884. Locally, the town has been nicknamed "Oxted Mock Tudor" given its style of architecture. You can follow quite a scenic cross-country route beyond the Skyline Café in Station Road East by turning left into Gresham Road and taking the first right turning just after Oxted Library into Granville Road and then the first footpath on the right between houses, found just after the 12th or so house along, following the footpath crossing the River Eden and then taking the footpath wending its way in the same direction staying on Granville Road would take you. Then through Glebe Meadow veering to its far-left corner, through a small carpark, and then turning right onto High Street, Limpsfield, and walking past St Peter’s Church. The Bull Inn is just a little further down on the left-hand side. After a dry but windy walk, a warm welcome and prompt service from the friendly barmaid. The locals on stools around the bar lent this restored establishment a proper pub-feel and charm despite its somewhat spartan and spruced-up interior but still retaining its open fireplaces including a log burning stove in the main bar area. Two cask ales on, including one from the local Westerham Brewery.