Saxon Shore Way - Faversham To Herne Bay

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 22.37 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 17 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 14 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 20 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 1 m
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Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 3 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.04 - alt. 3 m - Turn sharp right onto Conduit Street, B2040
  3. 3 : km 0.1 - alt. 3 m - Turn right onto Bridge Road
  4. 4 : km 0.19 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Front Brents
  5. 5 : km 0.27 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Bridge Road
  6. 6 : km 0.36 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Conduit Street, B2040
  7. 7 : km 0.5 - alt. 8 m - Turn left onto Abbey Street
  8. 8 : km 0.9 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto Abbey Road
  9. 9 : km 0.94 - alt. 5 m - Turn right onto Standard Quay
  10. 10 : km 2.75 - alt. 3 m - Turn slight left
  11. 11 : km 2.98 - alt. 4 m - Turn slight left
  12. 12 : km 3.33 - alt. 2 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 9.32 - alt. 4 m - Keep left
  14. 14 : km 9.81 - alt. 3 m - Turn sharp left
  15. 15 : km 11.15 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Faversham Road
  16. 16 : km 11.86 - alt. 4 m - Turn left
  17. 17 : km 11.99 - alt. 4 m - Keep left
  18. 18 : km 13.15 - alt. 13 m - Turn slight right
  19. 19 : km 13.19 - alt. 16 m - Turn left onto Joy Lane
  20. 20 : km 13.62 - alt. 19 m - Turn left onto Sherrin's Alley
  21. 21 : km 13.83 - alt. 4 m - Turn sharp right
  22. 22 : km 14.38 - alt. 2 m - Turn left onto Island Wall
  23. 23 : km 14.71 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Wilks Way
  24. 24 : km 14.77 - alt. 4 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 14.88 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Marine Gap
  26. 26 : km 14.95 - alt. 3 m - Turn left onto Island Wall
  27. 27 : km 15.24 - alt. 3 m - Turn slight right onto Island Wall
  28. 28 : km 15.27 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Cushing's Walk
  29. 29 : km 16.02 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Beach Walk
  30. 30 : km 16.1 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Beach Walk
  31. 31 : km 16.17 - alt. 5 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 16.76 - alt. 6 m - Keep left
  33. 33 : km 17.62 - alt. 5 m - Keep left
  34. 34 : km 18.01 - alt. 6 m - Keep left
  35. 35 : km 19.31 - alt. 4 m - Keep left
  36. 36 : km 20.46 - alt. 6 m - Keep left
  37. 37 : km 20.83 - alt. 4 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 21.06 - alt. 4 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 21.25 - alt. 4 m - Turn left
  40. E : km 22.36 - alt. 6 m

Other walks in the area

Walking Faversham to Hollowshore circular route

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Faversham to Hollowshore circular route
↔6.85 km ↗+6 m ↘-6 m ◔2h 00 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Faversham (Kent)
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.

Walking The Swale & Oare, near Faversham

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↔8.02 km ↗+17 m ↘-17 m ◔2h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Oare (Kent)
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.

Walking Stour Valley Rural

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↔21.83 km ↗+355 m ↘-354 m ◔7h 15 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Challock (Kent)
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.

Walking Worship, Newington

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↔2.45 km ↗+11 m ↘-14 m ◔0h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Newington (Kent)
A return rural walk between one of Kent's most interesting medieval churches and the remains of a 2,000 year old Romano-British temple.

Walking Lower Halstow, Newington

Association or club
↔7.86 km ↗+59 m ↘-64 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.

Walking Lower Halstow, Newington

Association or club
↔4.13 km ↗+13 m ↘-37 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.

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 Defences of the First World War in Newington, Kent

Association or club
↔4.46 km ↗+59 m ↘-55 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.

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