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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 5.06 km
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    Calculated time: 1h 30 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
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    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 12 m
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    Vertical drop: - 11 m
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    Highest point: 20 m
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    Lowest point: 0 m
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    District: Medway 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.38493° / E 0.50599°
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Description

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If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 8 m - Start near 23 Victoria St, Rochester ME1 1XJ, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 8 m - Walk north-west on Victoria St/B2097 towards Cazeneuve St
  3. 3 : km 0.16 - alt. 17 m - Turn right onto Vines Ln
  4. 4 : km 0.26 - alt. 17 m - Walk north-west on Vines Ln towards St Margaret's St
  5. 5 : km 0.41 - alt. 20 m - Walk north-west on Vines Ln towards St Margaret's St
  6. 6 : km 0.43 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto St Margaret's St
  7. 7 : km 0.6 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Boley Hill
  8. 8 : km 0.62 - alt. 12 m - Walk north-east on Boley Hill
  9. 9 : km 0.68 - alt. 10 m - Turn right towards College Yard
  10. 10 : km 0.69 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto College Yard
  11. 11 : km 0.77 - alt. 7 m - Walk north-east on College Yard towards High St
  12. 12 : km 0.8 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto High St
  13. 13 : km 0.88 - alt. 7 m - Walk north-west on High St towards Corporation St/A2
  14. 14 : km 0.99 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto High St/A2
  15. 15 : km 1.13 - alt. 0 m - Walk north-west on High St/Rochester Bridge/A2 towards Canal Rd
  16. 16 : km 1.48 - alt. 3 m - Walk north-west on High St/A2 towards Station Rd/B2002
  17. 17 : km 1.69 - alt. 4 m - Walk west on Commercial Rd/A2/A228 towards Knight Rd
  18. 18 : km 1.78 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Knight Rd/A228
  19. 19 : km 1.95 - alt. 4 m - Walk south-west on Knight Rd/A228
  20. 20 : km 2.12 - alt. 5 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Priory Rd/A228
  21. 21 : km 2.25 - alt. 6 m - Walk north-west on Priory Rd/A228 towards Smith St
  22. 22 : km 2.44 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Cuxton Rd
  23. 23 : km 2.53 - alt. 9 m - Walk north-east on Cuxton Rd towards Roach St
  24. 24 : km 2.78 - alt. 7 m - Walk north-east on Cuxton Rd towards High St/A2
  25. 25 : km 2.84 - alt. 8 m - Turn right onto High St/A2
  26. 26 : km 3.03 - alt. 4 m - Walk east on High St/A2/A228 towards North St/A207
  27. 27 : km 3.09 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto North St/A207/A228
  28. 28 : km 3.17 - alt. 3 m - Walk north on North St/A207/A228 towards Friary Pl
  29. 29 : km 3.19 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Friary Pl
  30. 30 : km 3.3 - alt. 4 m - Walk south-east on Friary Pl towards Station Rd/B2002
  31. 31 : km 3.41 - alt. 3 m - Turn right onto Station Rd/B2002
  32. 32 : km 3.43 - alt. 3 m - Walk south-west on Station Rd/B2002 towards Newark Yard
  33. 33 : km 3.49 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto High St/A2
  34. 34 : km 3.57 - alt. 3 m - Walk south-east on High St/A2 towards Esplanade
  35. 35 : km 3.74 - alt. 3 m - Walk south-east on High St/A2 towards Esplanade
  36. 36 : km 4.3 - alt. 4 m - Walk south-east on Corporation St/A2 towards Blue Boar Ln
  37. 37 : km 4.52 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Blue Boar Ln
  38. 38 : km 4.53 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Corporation St/A2
  39. 39 : km 4.65 - alt. 4 m - Walk south-east on Corporation St/A2 towards Almon Pl
  40. 40 : km 4.84 - alt. 6 m - Turn right onto Victoria St/B2097
  41. 41 : km 4.97 - alt. 9 m - Turn left onto Cazeneuve St
  42. 42 : km 5.01 - alt. 9 m - Walk south on Cazeneuve St towards King St
  43. S/E : km 5.06 - alt. 11 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

Walking Through orchards

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↔14.12 km ↗+70 m ↘-70 m ◔4h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Medway

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Walking Egypt Bay and St Mary's Bay from High Halstow

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↔11.95 km ↗+75 m ↘-68 m ◔3h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from High Halstow (Medway)

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Walking Newington - South ancient denehole

Association or club
↔4.45 km ↗+37 m ↘-37 m ◔1h 25 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)

A pleasant walk through apple orchards, past an ancient denehole and a beacon marking the site of WWI inland defences and over Standard Hill, reputed to be a stopping point for Julius Caesar. This is Newington Walk 1.

Walking Newington, South

Association or club
↔4.34 km ↗+37 m ↘-40 m ◔1h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)

The walk takes you through typical 'Garden of England' orchards, across a centuries-old farm and past historic landmarks and former WWI inland defences. This is Newington Walk 2.

Walking In the steps of Caesar, Newington

Association or club
↔2.86 km ↗+23 m ↘-22 m ◔0h 55 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)

The walk climbs a small hill reputed to have been used as an encampment by Julius Caesar and which overlooks former WWI defences with a commemorative beacon erected by Newington History Group. It gives lovely views over ancient settlements and to the Medway estuary. The descent takes you through orchards - fruit-growing has been a major part of the local economy for centuries.

Walking Defences of the First World War in Newington, Kent

Association or club
↔4.46 km ↗+50 m ↘-47 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)

Learn how to read a landscape for clues to its military past. From 1914 to 1918, Newington was at the heart of a sophisticated military defence line against a potential German invasion.
The walk takes you through the defences, leading you to four information boards that enable you to visualise the trenches, gun emplacements and observation posts that helped protect Britain.

Walking Discovering 2,000 years of history and nature around Newington in Kent

Association or club
↔10.14 km ↗+96 m ↘-96 m ◔3h 10 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)

A mainly flat walk in countryside surrounding a small Kent village which dates to pre-Roman times and that was on the route for Chaucer's pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales. Walk in the footsteps of Julius Caesar, see the remains of a Roman town and the site of World War I trenches and visit a fine 13th century church. Along the way are former watercress beds, historic orchards and centuries-old farms and houses. The figure of eight walk twice passes near an 18th century pub for refreshments.

Walking Lower Halstow, Newington

Association or club
↔4.13 km ↗+12 m ↘-40 m ◔1h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)

This pleasant walk takes you both sides of Newington's historic watercress beds and past lagoons and open spaces filled with birds. This is Newington Walk 4.

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