Thursday, 9 July, 2026 – A Cooler Route

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Meet outside 25 St. Augustine’s Road @ 8:00am A short route, mainly in woods and near water, to make the heat more bearable.  8 miles.   Bring a packed lunch and plenty to drink. Last week’s Faversham (approached from the South) Walk:

SSS449 – Tuesday, 7 July, 2026 – Reverse Nick’s Walk

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Meet outside the Launderette (opposite St. Mary Bredin Church) @ 8:00am

Toddler’s cove via Lansdown Road

Cross Toddler’s Cove, walk under the ring road bridge and then over the railway bridge, across to St. Dunstan’s Terrace, over London Road ending up on the footpath towards Rough Common.  When we are near the Blean water tower we turn left and walk down towards the Harbledown Bridge – crossing into Harbledown and walking through the grounds of St Nicholas’s Hospital.  We then take the footpath under the A2 bridge and work our way down to the Chartham Cycle path, by the Thannington footbridge over the Stour, turn left and back to Toddler’s Cover then under the ring road, towards the East Station and Lansdown Road where the walk concludes. 6 miles

Last week’s The Les Walk:

Thursday – 2 July, 2026 – FAVERSHAM (approached from the South)

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8:30 Meet corner of Old Dover Road/Nunnery Fields/Oaten Hill by the Launderette

Packed lunch or snack recommended en route, there are plenty of coffee places, and a Wetherspoons, in Faversham to enjoy a post walk drink/snack

London Road Roundabout
Proceed along Mill Lane and North Downs Way
Bridge across A2
Podhurst Farm
Denstead Wood/Court Wood/Winterbourne Wood
South Street/Brenley/Westwood Court
Faversham – Either return on arrival or enjoy coffee/tea somewhere
12 miles

X3 (from Court Street, Faversham) Bus back to Canterbury 12:39, 13:39, 14:39 (35 mins) or train to Canterbury East.

The walk can be shortened by leaving the route and taking an alternate footpath, either to Dunkirk or later to Boughton and catching the X3 Bus back to Canterbury (hourly).

 

Last week’s A Cooler Route Walk:

SSS448 – Tuesday 30 June, 2026 – The Les Walk (The Hole in the Polo)

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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: