Walks you can reach from Chartham by train
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Chilham Station to Canterbury East Station (Kent)
4m direct from Chartham.
14km. Moderate ascents. 3h–5h.
A rambler favourite!
Highlights: Chilham, Canterbury Cathedral, and Canterbury itself.
Lunch stops in Chilham (30m–1h in): the Chilham Square, or the Star Inn.
End-of-walk rewards: the Monument, the Unicorn Inn, the West Gate Inn, the Carpenters Arms, or the Old Buttermarket.
Charing Station to Chilham Station (Kent)
4m direct from Chartham.
Tough: 21km. Moderate ascents. 4h30–8h.
A rambler favourite! Penultimate section of the Pilgrim's Way to Canterbury.
Highlights: Canterbury and Chilham.
Lunch stops: the Flying Horse (2h–3h in), or Perry Court Tea Room (2h–3h in).
End-of-walk rewards: the Chilham Square, the White Horse, Chilham, or the Woolpack Inn, Chilham.
Chilham Station Circular (Kent)
4m direct from Chartham.
15km.
Downland escarpment, upland fields, woods, bluebell woods, country estate, and a hilltop village.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Chilham Station to Wye Station (Kent)
4m direct from Chartham.
16km.
Downland escarpment, upland fields, woods, country estate, and a hilltop village.
A variant of Chilham Circular – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Wye Station Circular via Crown Memorial (Kent)
15m direct from Chartham.
17km. 5h.
North Downs escarpments, chalk downland, beech and chestnut woods, open fields, riverbank along Great Stour, churchyard, and farmland. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Sandling Station to Wye Station (Kent)
15m direct from Chartham.
20km.
North Downs escarpment ridge, open downland, woods, sloping fields, and fine views over Kent coast. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Sturry Station Circular (Kent)
15m direct from Chartham.
13km.
Flat Kent countryside, woods with wood anemones, arable fields, ancient villages, and riverside.
A variant of Canterbury Circular via Bekesbourne and Sturry – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Wye Station to Folkestone West Station (Kent)
15m direct from Chartham.
North Downs ridge, valley, disused railway, spectacular Channel views, and road walking at end. Road walking at end.
A longer variant of Sandling to Wye – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Canterbury East Station to Sturry Station (Kent)
15m direct from Chartham.
18km.
Flat Kent countryside, arable fields, woods, ancient villages, and riverside near Fordwich.
A shorter variant of Canterbury Circular via Bekesbourne and Sturry – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Bekesbourne Station to Sturry Station (Kent)
15m direct from Chartham.
12km.
Flat Kent countryside, arable fields, woods, ancient villages, and riverside.
A variant of Canterbury Circular via Bekesbourne and Sturry – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Pluckley Station to Ashford International Station (Kent)
15m direct from Chartham.
16km.
Pastures, orchards, woods, commons, bogs, parkland estate, and riverside parks into a town centre.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Pluckley Station Circular via Dering windows (Kent)
30m direct from Chartham.
11km.
Flat Low Weald farmland, orchards, quiet lanes, ancient pubs, quaint Kent villages, and a fine viewpoint near Pluckley.