Meet outside 25 St. Augustine’s Road at 8:30am
About 11 miles
Bring elevenses/snack and coffee stop also possible near Bridge:
Last week’s Fright Wood Circle Walk:
Meet outside 25 St. Augustine’s Road at 8:30am
About 11 miles
Bring elevenses/snack and coffee stop also possible near Bridge:
Last week’s Fright Wood Circle 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 and then Primrose Hill. A Chartham Hatch we take the NDR back to Canterbury.
11 miles
Last week’s North West Passage to Whitstable walk:
Meet corner of Stuppington Lane and South Canterbury Road 8:30 am
Proceed to New House Lane toward Kenfield Hall, then Petham, Mounts Wood, Hassell Street, then West to the Wye Downs, Wye.
PACKED LUNCH
13 miles
Back by train to Canterbury West:
13:11, 14:11, 15:11
Cost (with Silver Striders railcard) £4:25 without £6.50 (maybe cheaper if we were to a get group discount)
Last week’s new route devised by Nick – Canterbury to Denton:
**Packed Lunch**
Meet at Canterbury West Station to catch 8:05 train (direct to Harrietsham)
Train from Canterbury West to Harrietsham 8:05 (arrive Harrietsham 8:44) – cost £6:30 if booked in advance on the South Eastern website (collect ticket from Canterbury West Station or any specified station – you choose when you order the ticket).
Footpaths and yellow roads, starting of on the North Downs Way, through Wichling, Seed, Newnham/Eastling, Ospringe, Faversham.
Approx: 12 miles
We should arrive in Faversham early afternoon, i.e. before 14:00 where we can take the fast bus to Canterbury (X3 or X4 – 24 mins) leaving at :01 and :31 past the hour.
We last did this walk on 31 May, 2018 – there is a photo of us on the website, all looking a little younger
Last week, en route to Selling:
Meet outside the Hospital (Junction of South Canterbury Road with Ethelbert Road) @ 8:30
Bring a drink/snack or/and enjoy a coffee at the Cosy Tea Rooms
Back of Canterbury Rugby Club/Nackington/Pett Bottom/Gorsley Wood/Westwood/Quilters Wood/Clambercrown/Palmstead/Peafield/Park Gate/Elham
17 Bus back to Canterbury 12:42; 13:42
Approximately 10 miles
Last week’s Temple Ewell via Broome Park Walk:
Please bring a packed lunch for this walk
Meet at Canterbury Bus Station to catch No 43 (Sandwich) Bus at 8:36 Bay D3 – Cost £3:90
On arrival at Ash we take the path to Wingham then, Goodnestone; Aylesham; Nonnington; Barfrestone and then Sibertswold where we catch the train back to Canterbury East:
Trains from Sibertswold to Canterbury East:
14:28; 15:28; 15:58; 16:28; 17:28 Cost £4:05 with Railcard (or if we travel as 4 or more together).
Last week’s The Miners’ Way 1 walk:
Meet Canterbury East Station to catch 08:40 train to arrive at Sibertswold (aka Shepherdswell) at 8:58 (£6.20).
Please bring a packed lunch for this walk.
Route: Elvington, Tilmanstone, Betteshanger, Eastry, Hammil, finishing at Ash where we catch the bus back to Canterbury:
Bus 43 (28 mins journey time) 13:53; 14:13; 14:33; 14:53; 15:13;15:33; 15:58
About 14 miles
Last week’s The Villages Walk
Lunch stop – packed lunch and something to drink advised
Meet outside St Augustine’s Abbey, Longport at 8:30 am
Walk over to North Holmes Road, St. Radigunds, West Station Roundabout, through the tunnel and onto St Stephen’s Green then across to Hales Place and onto the footpath through Hackington towards Alcroft Grange then South to North through West Blean Nature Reserve then working across Sheepfold, the Golf Course, later crossing Radfall Road at Chestfield. We then head South through Clowes Wood towards Amery Court, later we cross into Church Wood and make our way to Rough Common, then the footpath back to St Dunstan’s and into the City.
Approx. 15 miles.
Last week’s epic Herne Bay via Stodmarsh walk:
Meet outside the Hospital by the Medical Centre at 8:30am
Packed lunch/elevenses
Proceed to the Rugby Club then Nackington, Whitehall Wood, Middle Pett Farm, Hint Cottage, Bourne Park Road. We follow the Elham Valley Way through Bishopsbourne, Charlton Park and Kingston where we take the footpath to cross the A2. We walk to Walk Wood, Woodlands Wood, Pitt Wood, Oxenden Wood then into Adisham but taking the yellow road via Woodlands Farm connecting to the footpath for Twelve Acre Shaw, crossing fields and roads till we get to Shepherds’ Close Road. From Patrixbourne we follow the NDW up Hode Lane to Barton and then Canterbury where the walk ends.
13 miles.
Please bring a packed lunch (to be eaten at a convenient stopping place en route)
Meet outside St Mary Bredin Church at 8.30am
Proceed through town to Toddler’s Cove, then towards the Cemetery – footpath to Church Wood. Through the Wood to Courtenay Road, then Victory Wood, later crossing Pean Hill taking footpaths leading to the Crab and Winkle route; through the University, working our way back to Canterbury. Approx. 14 miles.
Last week’s walk to Selsted :