12 Miles Round Rainham

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 19.56 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 164 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 168 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 132 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 37 m
  • ⚐
    District: Medway 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 51.338642° / E 0.589989°
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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 130 m
  2. 1 : km 0.16 - alt. 128 m - Turn right onto Deanwood Drive
  3. 2 : km 0.81 - alt. 129 m - Turn left onto Deanwood Drive
  4. 3 : km 0.85 - alt. 130 m - Turn slight right onto Wigmore Road
  5. 4 : km 1.3 - alt. 126 m - Turn left
  6. 5 : km 1.31 - alt. 126 m - Turn left onto Wigmore Road
  7. 6 : km 1.52 - alt. 122 m - Turn left onto Wigmore Road
  8. 7 : km 1.59 - alt. 120 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Sharsted Way
  9. 8 : km 2.18 - alt. 110 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Hempstead Valley Drive
  10. 9 : km 2.66 - alt. 115 m - Turn left onto Chapel Lane
  11. 10 : km 2.83 - alt. 118 m - Turn left onto Hempstead Road
  12. 11 : km 3.76 - alt. 101 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Dukes Meadow Drive
  13. 12 : km 4.9 - alt. 92 m - Turn right onto Pear Tree Lane
  14. 13 : km 5.59 - alt. 91 m - Turn left onto Hempstead Road
  15. 14 : km 5.87 - alt. 71 m - Turn left onto Star Lane
  16. 15 : km 5.89 - alt. 71 m - Turn left onto Hempstead Road
  17. 16 : km 6.46 - alt. 105 m - Enter roundabout
  18. 17 : km 6.76 - alt. 97 m - Turn left
  19. 18 : km 6.77 - alt. 97 m - Turn left onto Ambley Road
  20. 19 : km 7.16 - alt. 91 m - Enter roundabout
  21. 20 : km 7.99 - alt. 89 m - Enter roundabout
  22. 21 : km 8.27 - alt. 91 m - Enter roundabout
  23. 22 : km 8.42 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Yeoman Drive
  24. 23 : km 8.55 - alt. 94 m - Turn left onto Heritage Drive
  25. 24 : km 9.1 - alt. 104 m - Turn right onto Kingsway
  26. 25 : km 10.35 - alt. 82 m - Turn right onto Watling Street
  27. 26 : km 11.22 - alt. 76 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Ito Way
  28. 27 : km 12.33 - alt. 37 m - At roundabout, take exit 4 onto Ito Way
  29. 28 : km 13.55 - alt. 77 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Sovereign Boulevard
  30. 29 : km 14.31 - alt. 72 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Twydall Lane
  31. 30 : km 14.36 - alt. 72 m - Turn sharp right onto Twydall Lane
  32. 31 : km 14.39 - alt. 73 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto London Road
  33. 32 : km 14.59 - alt. 70 m - Turn left
  34. 33 : km 14.61 - alt. 70 m - Turn left onto London Road
  35. 34 : km 16.06 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Maidstone Road
  36. 35 : km 17.4 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto Maidstone Road
  37. 36 : km 19.54 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Sedley Close
  38. S/E : km 19.56 - alt. 130 m

Useful Information

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Walking Through orchards

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↔14.12 km ↗+70 m ↘-70 m ◔4h 15 ▲Easy
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Walking Newington - South ancient denehole

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Walking Newington, South

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↔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

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↔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

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↔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)

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Walking Lower Halstow, Newington

Association or club
↔7.86 km ↗+56 m ↘-63 m ◔2h 25 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)

A lovely walk through Kent orchards, past bird-rich lagoons and onto a hill with views across the Medway estuary. It takes you past historic settlements and the site of WWI inland defences before finishing with a birds-eye view of the fine tower of St Mary's church. This is walk 3, Newington.

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