Meet St Mary Bredin Church, 8.30
About 14 miles, so bring lunch or a snack.
Landsdown Road to Canterbury East, Toddler Cove, river path to Chartham. Shalmsford Street, Stour valley way, into Denge Woods. Cross Penny Pot Lane, continuing in the woods, into Capel Wood, Kenfield Road, cross Chartham Downs Rd, Upper Horton Farm, New House Lane and home.
Last week’s Western circle walk:
8:30 Meet outside St Mary Bredin Church, Nunnery Fields
Road and footpath to Rough Common (‘Our Friends from the North’ may wish to join somewhere on this path behind Whitstable Road)
Church Wood but, this time, through to Bishopsden and Bossenden woods, eventually to Dunkirk
Walk over the A2 bridge at Dunkirk and along the edge of Poundfall Wood down to Forester’s Lodge Farm and then take the footpath into South Bishops Den wood. Various footpaths through to Podhurst Farm, cut down to Bigbury, back over the A2 bridge and into Harbledown then Canterbury.
Packed lunch en route.
About 14 miles
Last week’s ‘Further sightings of the Nailbourne’ walk:
Meet 8.30am at the junction of South Canterbury Road with Nunnery Road.
Probably back around 1.30pm so bring packed lunch or snack.
Warning: wet boots fording the Nailbourne. However, we have managed this in recent weeks and there is an alternative if it is too high.
Zealand Road, Lime Kiln Road, New House Lane, St Augustines estate, past the old Perry Court School to Garlinge Green. Capel Farm, Capel Wood,
Hault Farm, Yawlings Wood, New Barn Farm. Duckpit to the Nailbourne crossing. Then up to Stone Street, Little Catt’s Farm, Lower Hardres, Whitehill Wood, Nackington and home.
Every Wednesday starting at 8:30am for a walk of about 2 hours – details from Steve or Barry.
Meet at the hospital @ 8:30 (outside the new medical centre).
Maybe bring a snack to eat en route.
Nackington, Bridge, Bourne Park Valley, Patrixbourne, Littlebourne Water Meadows and back to Canterbury.
This walk was created by Nick.
A photo from 25 February, 2021 by Littlebourne Water Meadows:
Meet at junction of Nunnery Road with Nunnery Fields at 8:30am
We make our way to New House Lane by the usual route, eventually crossing Chartham Downs Road to Kenfield Road into Petham CP and Capel Wood. We work our way towards Stone Street, crossing Waltham Road and Duckpit Road, then across to Hogg Lane, Bow Hill (using more yellow roads today to avoid the mud), Catt’s Wood Road and, at Well Wood, taking the footpath towards the yellow road, which is Tapleys Hill, arriving at Pett Bottom. The usual route back from here, via Whitehill Wood, Nackington, the Rugby Club, the Langton and back to Stuppington Lane. Approx: 13 miles.
Last week’s very enjoyable circular walk: Bigbury, Church and Thornden Woods.
Meet 8.30am, St Mary Bredin Church
The walk is 22km (about 14 miles) and we should finish around 1.30pm so bring lunch or a snack.
Toddlers cove, river path (partly flooded atm), Tonford Manor, Bigbury woods, Poldhurt Farm, Upper Harbledown. Take the path into Blean Woods, through the woods to Whitstable Road, Amery Court, Clowes and Thornden woods, Alcroft Grange, Hales Place estate and home through Canterbury.
Last week’s Wickhambraux circle walk
Meet outside St. Martin’s Church @ 8:30am
PLEASE BRING A PACKED LUNCH
Canterbury to Fordwich to Stodmarsh to Grove Ferry (through the Nature Reserve) then on to the Wickhambreaux Valley and slowly down to Wichambreaux. Lunch somewhere near Wickhambreaux, thence a short trek to Littlebourne and through the woods towards Swanton Lane but cutting down, crossing the A257, towards Court Wood, Jacob’s Close, Firdown Wood, The Hoath Farm and then taking the footpath towards Little Barton, Spring Lane and back into Canterbury. For a shorter walk one could drop off at Littlebourne and catch the bus back to Canterbury.
About 16 miles
Photos of Striders taken over the last month:
Meet K&C Hospital, 8.30am
The walk is about 24km (15 miles) so bring a snack or packed lunch.
Past the rugby club, through Nackington into Whitehill wood, over the Elham valley line to Bridge. Then to Patrixbourne, Bekesbourne, past Littlebourne to Ickham via Lower Garrington Farm, then Wickhambreaux, Stodmarsh, Fordwich and back to Canterbury on the Stour Valley way.
Last week’s Victory Wood walk:
Please bring a packed lunch (to be eaten at a convenient stopping place en route)
Meet outside St Mary Bredin Church at 8.30am
Walk to be led by Barry.
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 Upper Hardes Circle Walk:
