Back Up Day Loop
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 6.73 km
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Average duration: 2h 00
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: Yes
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Vertical gain: + 34 m
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Vertical drop: - 30 m
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Highest point: 72 m
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Lowest point: 47 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Ashford
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Start/End: N 51.159237° / E 0.850334°
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 61 m - Start on
- 2 : km 0 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight right
- 3 : km 0.09 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
- 4 : km 0.25 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
- 5 : km 0.27 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
- 6 : km 0.46 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto Sir John Killick Road
- 7 : km 0.56 - alt. 66 m - Turn sharp right
- 8 : km 1.07 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight right
- 9 : km 1.08 - alt. 60 m - Turn sharp left onto Godinton Lane
- 10 : km 2.91 - alt. 60 m - Keep left onto Park Drive
- 11 : km 3.12 - alt. 62 m - Keep left onto Park Drive
- 12 : km 3.16 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto The Street
- 13 : km 3.53 - alt. 69 m - Turn right
- 14 : km 4.65 - alt. 57 m - Turn left
- 15 : km 4.67 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Waterfall Road
- 16 : km 5.66 - alt. 60 m - Turn sharp right
- 17 : km 5.67 - alt. 61 m - Keep left
- 18 : km 6.13 - alt. 69 m - Keep left
- 19 : km 6.18 - alt. 66 m - Turn sharp left onto Sir John Killick Road
- 20 : km 6.28 - alt. 64 m - Turn left
- 21 : km 6.63 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
- 22 : km 6.72 - alt. 61 m - Turn slight left
- S/E : km 6.73 - alt. 61 m
Other walks in the area
Stour Valley Rural
A rural route (avoiding habitation) around the Stour Valley. Starting through King's Wood and a little of the North Downs Way heading north, crossing the valley and picking up some of the Stour Valley Walk heading south before crossing the river again and heading back into the woods.
Ringlestone and High Wood from Harrietsham
A pleasant walk through the Kent countryside of the North Downs. The route uses a paths and sections of trackways to complete the circuit. The start can be reached by train from London Victoria station.
Faversham to Hollowshore circular route

A small part of the Saxon Shore Way. A great walk along Faversham Creek to Hollowshore. Great pub, then a shorter walk back through farmland. Enjoy the beautiful desolation of the marshes, just you, the birds, and the breeze. Stop for a rest or bite to eat at the wonderful Shipwrights Arms, then either re-trace your steps or take the shorter walk back through Ham Farm.
The Swale & Oare, near Faversham
This Kent walk explores the marshes, creeks and tideways on the south side of the River Swale. On the far side of the water is the Isle of Sheppey and in season the area is an excellent place for watching birdlife.
Newington, South
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.
Newington - South ancient denehole
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.
Defences of the First World War in 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.
In the steps of Caesar, Newington
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.
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