Meet at the top of Stuppington Lane, where it meets South Canterbury Road.
Proceed to Rugby Club, Nackington, Whitehill Wood, Pett Bottom, Tapleys Hill, Catts Wood Road, Bow Hill, Hogg Lane. We cross Stone Street then take footpaths to Capel Wood, Kenfield Road, Chartham Downs, New House Lane, working our way back to the starting point of the walk.
The Western Circle Plus walk from 18 December:
Meet at the main entrance to the Westgate Gardens at 8:30am for the two hour walk followed by beverages at a city centre cafe.
Meet at 8:00 am by the St. Augustine’s Triangle (start of the Footpath to the north of St. Augustine’s Road, which goes behind the houses with the UCA buildings on the other side).
The walk proceeds along the footpath, up Babbs Hill, by the side of the Barracks Estate leading to Old Park Farm open land. It continues through the golf course (Scotland Hills), crossing Stodmarsh Road the Polo Farm, across the A257 by Fishpoolhill Wood then across to the path by Palmstead Wood and then Bekesbourne Lane. We walk along the road to the footpath by the side of Haystack Wood, then down to Hode Farm where we turn onto the NDW through Barton Business Park and onto number 67 St. Augustine’s Road, home of the creator of this fine walk.
Last week’s The Steve’s Walk:
No walk today but a memory from 2018 – the three wise men caught on camera
No Wednesday Walk this week.
Nunnery Road/Zealand Road/Lime Kiln Road/Fields to Hollow Lane/Footpath to New House Lane and then we take the footpath leading to Chartham Downs but turn off towards St. Augustine’s when we arrive at the wood. After walking through the wood we cross the recreation ground turning right on the return path leading to Larkey Valley, later joining Cockering Road and proceed onwards to the A2/retail park junction, crossing the various turn-offs to the A2 and finding the footpath to Wincheap School, later Oxford Road/Norman Road where the walk ends.
About 6 miles
Last week’s The Valley Lark Walk:
Packed lunch and elevenses stop. There is the possibility, for a shorter walk, to take the bus back from Boughton (check bus times beforehand).
8:30 Meet outside the Launderette, Nunnery Fields.
Harbledown/Bigbury/Podhurst Farm then various paths across to South Bishops Den/Forester’s Lodge Farm/Hickmans Green then footpath through tunnel under the A2 to Boughton under Blean, taking Dawes Road towards Blean Wood, finally cutting through Blean Wood to Brabourne Cottage.
Footpath and trail through North Bishopden Wood, on to Church Wood then onto Rough Common and back to Canterbury along the footpath behind Kent College and towards the cemetery.
About 14 miles
Last week’s The Fright Circle Walk:
Meet at the main entrance to the Westgate Gardens at 8:30am for the two hour walk followed by beverages at a city centre cafe.
Last Wednesday’s pre-Christmas Lunch Landmarks of the City Walk
Meet @ 8:00 am outside the hospital – junction of South Canterbury Road with Ethelbert Road
The Langton Path to the end of the school playing fields, rugby club, over the A2 bridge and down to Merton Farm. Footpath through Merton Farm, later Iffin Lane and connecting to footpath to New House Lane and then down into Larkey Valley Wood. Through the wood, coming out on Cockering Road, which we walk along until we get to the footpath for New House Lane, then along Hollow Lane turning into the orchard, later over the bridge along Stuppington Lane to the junction with South Canterbury Road, where the walk finishes.
6 miles.
Last week’s Woolton Farm Walk:
Packed lunch or snack suggested
Meet at the junction of Nunnery Road with Nunnery Fields at 8:30am
Zealand Road, Wincheap Farm, Hollow Lane, New House Lane, Strangers Lane then take the footpath on the left to Chartham. When we get to Chartham we take the footpath through the Church and join the road, later crossing the railway line, walking towards the Weir. We cross the bridge over the Weir and then the A28 Ashford Road, walking towards Fright Wood underneath the railway bridge. In Fright Wood we take the permissive paths to Hunstead Wood, then Primrose Hill and then follow the footpath to Podhurst Farm coming out at Bigbury Road – various footpaths back to Central Canterbury.
11 miles
Last week’s The Stonar Circle Walk:
