Pilgrim's Way Day 6 - Wormshill to Canterbury

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 42.60 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 13h 10 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
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    Return to departure point: No
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    Vertical gain: + 361 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 517 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 194 m
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    Lowest point: 8 m
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Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 165 m - Continue
  2. 2 : km 0.03 - alt. 165 m - Turn sharp right onto The Street
  3. 3 : km 0.15 - alt. 165 m - Continue
  4. 4 : km 1.57 - alt. 190 m - Turn slight left onto Stede Hill
  5. 5 : km 4.33 - alt. 147 m - Turn sharp left onto Pilgrims Way
  6. 6 : km 6.15 - alt. 152 m - Continue onto KH212
  7. 7 : km 6.84 - alt. 151 m - Continue onto Faversham Road
  8. 8 : km 6.96 - alt. 144 m - Turn slight left onto KH219 Pilgrim's Way
  9. 9 : km 8.22 - alt. 148 m - Continue onto Hubbards Hill
  10. 10 : km 8.56 - alt. 163 m - Turn slight right onto Pilgrims Way
  11. 11 : km 9.15 - alt. 153 m - Turn left onto Rayners Hill
  12. 12 : km 9.17 - alt. 155 m - Turn right onto Pilgrims Way
  13. 13 : km 11.04 - alt. 131 m - Continue onto AW347
  14. 14 : km 11.76 - alt. 142 m - Turn right onto Hart Hill
  15. 15 : km 11.81 - alt. 138 m - Turn left onto Pilgrims Way
  16. 16 : km 13.69 - alt. 139 m - Turn slight left onto A252
  17. 17 : km 13.72 - alt. 140 m - Turn right onto Pilgrims Way
  18. 18 : km 14.49 - alt. 131 m - Turn slight left
  19. 19 : km 15.2 - alt. 143 m - Continue onto North Downs Way/Pilgrims Way
  20. 20 : km 17 - alt. 141 m - Continue
  21. 21 : km 17.21 - alt. 133 m - Turn slight left onto Pilgrims Way
  22. 22 : km 17.87 - alt. 118 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 17.88 - alt. 117 m - Turn right onto North Downs Way/Pilgrims Way
  24. 24 : km 19.83 - alt. 75 m - Continue
  25. 25 : km 21.05 - alt. 68 m - Turn left onto Faversham Road, A251
  26. 26 : km 21.07 - alt. 68 m - Continue
  27. 27 : km 21.37 - alt. 69 m - Turn right onto Wye Road
  28. 28 : km 21.39 - alt. 68 m - Turn left onto Pilgrims Way
  29. 29 : km 22 - alt. 66 m - Turn slight left onto North Downs Way/Pilgrims Way
  30. 30 : km 22.61 - alt. 74 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 23.49 - alt. 83 m - Turn right onto North Downs Way
  32. 32 : km 28.92 - alt. 66 m - Turn slight right onto Mountain Street
  33. 33 : km 30.56 - alt. 32 m - Turn left onto School Hill
  34. 34 : km 30.72 - alt. 47 m - Continue onto The Square
  35. 35 : km 30.78 - alt. 46 m - Turn left onto Church Hill
  36. 36 : km 31.05 - alt. 30 m - Continue onto Long Hill
  37. 37 : km 32.16 - alt. 86 m - Continue onto Lower Lees Road
  38. 38 : km 32.88 - alt. 70 m - Turn slight left onto Lower Ensden Road
  39. 39 : km 32.98 - alt. 69 m - Turn sharp left
  40. 40 : km 35.96 - alt. 72 m - Turn left onto Hatch Lane
  41. 41 : km 35.99 - alt. 73 m - Turn right onto New Town Street
  42. 42 : km 36.54 - alt. 82 m - Turn left onto Howfield Lane
  43. 43 : km 36.59 - alt. 82 m - Turn right
  44. 44 : km 38.9 - alt. 44 m - Turn left onto Faulkners Lane
  45. 45 : km 39.02 - alt. 33 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 40.69 - alt. 29 m - Turn left
  47. 47 : km 40.98 - alt. 25 m - Turn right onto London Road
  48. 48 : km 41.53 - alt. 17 m - Turn right onto St. Dunstan's Street, A290
  49. 49 : km 41.94 - alt. 9 m - Turn sharp left onto North Lane
  50. 50 : km 41.95 - alt. 9 m - Turn sharp right
  51. 51 : km 42.02 - alt. 10 m - Continue onto St. Peter's Street
  52. 52 : km 42.22 - alt. 8 m - Continue onto High Street
  53. 53 : km 42.39 - alt. 12 m - Continue
  54. 54 : km 42.41 - alt. 12 m - Continue onto High Street
  55. 55 : km 42.43 - alt. 12 m - Turn sharp left onto Mercery Lane
  56. 56 : km 42.49 - alt. 12 m - Continue onto Butter Market
  57. 57 : km 42.54 - alt. 12 m - Turn left
  58. 58 : km 42.56 - alt. 11 m - Continue onto The Precincts
  59. E : km 42.6 - alt. 10 m

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Walking Newington, South

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↔4.46 km ↗+59 m ↘-55 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)
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Walking In the steps of Caesar, Newington

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↔2.86 km ↗+23 m ↘-23 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 Discovering 2,000 years of history and nature around Newington in Kent

Association or club
↔10.14 km ↗+100 m ↘-98 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

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↔4.13 km ↗+13 m ↘-37 m ◔1h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)
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