Canterbury to Wye – Thursday, 16 July, 2026 @ 8:30

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Packed lunch/elevenses.

Meet at the top of Nunnery Road, at the junction with Nunnery Fields @ 8:30.

Hollow Lane, New House Lane, Kenfield Road – footpath to Garlinge Green then:
Denge Wood, Erringe Wood. We cross Sole Street, heading for Church Wood (possible elevenses break by Crundale Church). We then follow the footpaths, later descending the downs, to Wye. About 11 miles.

Trains back to Canterbury West:

13:04; 14:04; 15:04

Travel time 16 minutes. Cost £4.95 with travel card.

There exists the alternative of walking onwards from Wye to Bilting (45 mins) and catching the 1X to Canterbury Bus Station, travel time 29 minutes, bus times:

12:42; 13:42; 14:42

Last week’s A Cooler Route Walk:

SS450 – Tuesday, 14 July, 2026 – Reverse Around the Woods Walk

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Meet @ 8:00 am outside the hospital – junction of South Canterbury Road with Ethelbert Road

Walk to Rugby Club then, via Nackington to Bridge Road and into Whitehill Wood: where four paths cross, carry straight on and, at the next junction, take the path furthest to the right and continue straight ahead.  At the footpath bifurcation, bear left, joining School Lane, head down the hill towards Pett Bottom, at the bottom of the hill, by the Duck, turn left, onto Pett Bottom Road.  Proceed along the road to Little Eaton Farm joining the footpath on the left, back to Whitehill Woods. We keep to the righthand footpath until we begin to exit the woods, where we take the left hand footpath and, at the next footpath junction, turn right, through the orchard, across Bridge Road, then along the footpath by the side of the poly tunnels until we reach the fire break where we descend the hill and cross to the footpath, returning us to the Nackington footpath and back the way we came.

About 7 miles.

Last week’s Reverse Nick’s Walk:

Thursday, 9 July, 2026 – A Cooler Route

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Meet outside 25 St. Augustine’s Road @ 7:00am 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) @ 7:00am

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: