Walks you can reach from Broadstairs by train
Kent · South East England | Walks by foot
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Ramsgate Station to Margate Station (Kent)
4m direct from Broadstairs.
16km. Moderate ascents. 4h30–7h30.
Low chalk cliffs, sandy bays and coves, cliff-top grassland, seaside promenades, and historic coastal towns. Very popular and busy. Check tide timings.
Highlights: Margate and Broadstairs.
Lunch stops: the Royal Victoria Pavilion (30m–1h in), or Forts Café (1h30–3h in).
End-of-walk rewards: the Mechanical Elephant, or the Cinque Ports.
Margate Station to Herne Bay Station (Kent)
4m direct from Broadstairs.
18km.
Flat seafront promenades, quiet residential clifftops, small headlands, and sandy beaches linking coastal towns.
A longer variant of Birchington to Herne Bay – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Birchington-on-Sea Station to Herne Bay Station (Kent)
15m direct from Broadstairs.
14km. 5h.
Entirely flat coastal walk; seafront promenade, raised sea wall, remote shingle beach, grassy clifftop slopes, and a seaside resort.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Birchington-on-Sea Station to Whitstable Station (Kent)
15m direct from Broadstairs.
21km.
Flat coastal promenade and sea wall; shingle beach, beach huts, caravan-park front, residential clifftops, and seaside towns.
A longer variant of Birchington to Herne Bay – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Faversham Station to Whitstable Station (Kent)
30m direct from Broadstairs.
15km. 4h30.
Easy coastal walk, flat terrain, seaside villages, and open shoreline.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Faversham Station Circular via Uplees Marshes (Kent)
30m direct from Broadstairs.
19km. 4h30.
Flat marshland, creek embankments, farm fields, quiet country lanes, woodland, and tidal waterways. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Teynham Station to Faversham Station (Kent)
30m direct from Broadstairs.
24km. 5h30.
Flat orchards and fruit farms, tidal river seawall, coastal creeks, mudflats, salt marshes, drainage ditches, dykes, windswept grazing marshes, and historic market town streets. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Pluckley Station to Ashford International Station (Kent)
45m direct from Broadstairs.
16km.
Pastures, orchards, woods, commons, bogs, parkland estate, and riverside parks into a town centre.