The White Cliffs of Dover curving above the blue Channel, seen from Langdon Cliffs in Kent

Walks in Kent

86 routes with stories of the places you pass, narrated and set to original music. Walk, run or ride them.

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Kent walks run along a long, varied coast and over the North Downs. You can follow the White Cliffs from Dover to South Foreland Lighthouse, wander the shingle at Dungeness, or take the seafronts at Whitstable, Herne Bay, Margate and Broadstairs. Inland, the North Downs Way crosses from Wye to Charing, the Greensand Way climbs to Toys Hill, and the Crab and Winkle Way is an easy ride from Canterbury to the sea.

Stories include Canterbury Cathedral and the Westgate Towers, Rochester Castle on the Medway, Deal Castle, the Martello Towers at Hythe, Prospect Cottage and the Ramsgate Tunnels.

Routes86

Towns49

Distance1.2 to 25.8 km

By bike82

Towns with several routes

Each has its own page, with the routes that start nearby.

All 86 routes in Kent

Aylesford · Aylesham · Benenden · Bethersden · Blean · Burham · Canterbury · Chartham · Cranbrook · Culverstone Green · Deal · Dover · East Peckham · Eynsford · Faversham · Folkestone · Hadlow · Herne Bay · Hythe · Kemsing · Lenham · Leysdown-on-Sea · Maidstone · Margate · New Romney · Otford · Paddock Wood · Penshurst · Plaxtol · Rainham · Ramsgate · Rochester · Royal Tunbridge Wells · Sandwich · Sevenoaks · Shoreham · Snodland · Stone · Sturry · Sundridge · Swanscombe · Tankerton · Tonbridge · Upstreet · Wateringbury · Westerham · Whitstable · Wye · Yalding

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Walks in Kent

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All 86 routes in Kent

Herne Bay Seafront & Pier

Walk the West Farleigh River route near Wateringbury.

Canterbury City Walls & Cathedral Quarter

Run the Appledore walk near Stone.

Whitstable Harbour to Tankerton Slopes

Run Dover to Deal, passing three castles along the coast.

Run the Yalding River Walk beside the River Medway.

Walk from Bore Place to Bough Beech past Penshurst.

Run Lullingstone and Preston Hill from Eynsford.

Run the Hever and Markbeech route from Chiddingstone.

Run from Ramsgate to Margate along the Thanet coast.

Run Wye, Crundale and Wye Downs through open countryside.

Run from Bore Place to The Little Brown Jug in Penshurst.

Walk the Dunorlan Park trail in Tunbridge Wells.

Walk the Folkestone route along the coast.

Walk the Great Stour Way past Chartham.

Walk the Hadlow River path in Hadlow.

Herne Bay to Reculver Towers

Walk the Herne and West Blean Wood route from Herne Bay.

Run the Herne, Tyler Hill and Broad Oak route from Blean.

Walk Holly Hill past Coldrum Long Barrow near Culverstone.

Walk Knights and Kingfishers in Strood near Rochester.

Walk Littlestone to Dymchurch near New Romney.

Walk the Minnis Bay to Reculver trail from Herne Bay.

Walk the Teston River route near Wateringbury.

Blean Woods Circular

Walk the Tonbridge Free Trail in Tonbridge.

Walk the Tyler Hill route near Blean.

Run the Coldrum Trail from Culverstone Green.

Walk the East Peckham riverside path beside the river.

Walk the Eynsford route to see the birds, a scenic path.

Run the Folkestone to Dover coastal path walk.

Walk the Fordwich route from Sturry past the reed pond.

Run the Harvel Hike from Culverstone Green.

Run the Hythe to Folkestone walk past Hythe's art.

Run the Lullingstone Country Park route from Eynsford.

Walk the Maidstone West rail trail, a town path.

Cycle the Otford route near Shoreham.

Cycle the Otford and Woodlands route near Shoreham.

Run the Oyster Bay Trail along the Tankerton seaside.

Run from Reculver to St Nicholas at Wade near Herne Bay.

Run the Swale and Oare route from Faversham.

Walk the coast to South Foreland Lighthouse.

Run to St Margaret's at Cliffe from Kingsdown near Deal.

Walk the Swanscombe Peninsula Trail at Swanscombe.

Walk the Turner route through Margate.

Walk from Whitstable to Herne Bay along the seaside.

Run from Bore Place to the Greensand Way near Penshurst.

Run Deal to Sandwich along the seafaring coast.

Walk the East Farleigh rail trail near Maidstone.

Oyster Bay Trail: Whitstable to Faversham

Walk peaceful paths around Ide Hill near Sundridge.

Run the Kent Coast Path from Sandwich along the seaside.

Walk Linton's orchards near Maidstone.

Walk the Perry Woods multi-user route in Chartham.

Walk Rochester to see its fine architecture.

Walk the Saltwood Saunter near Hythe.

Walk the Sevenoaks parkland and parakeets trail.

Walk the Trosley Ramble route near Culverstone Green.

Walk the Wye Downs in open countryside near Wye.

Run the Barham and Adisham walk near Aylesham.

Walk to Chartwell from Crockham Hill near Westerham.

Walk the Chilham West Lost Landscapes route from Chartham.

Walk the scenic Egerton route near Lenham.

Run the Faversham Romans and royalty historic walk.

Walk the Horton Kirby route near Eynsford.

Walk the Isle of Harty route near Leysdown-on-Sea.

Walk the Leybourne Lakes stile-free trail in Snodland.

Run Otford's landscapes and romantic countryside route.

Walk the Pluckley village route near Bethersden.

Walk the Riverside Country Park stile-free trail in Rainham.

Run a pretty village walk through Shipbourne near Plaxtol.

Walk Stodmarsh Nature Reserve from Upstreet.

Walk the Tunbridge Wells Common trail.