Walks you can reach from Chilham by train
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Ramsgate to Margate (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Chilham.
Recommended: Low chalk cliffs, sandy bays and coves, cliff-top grassland, seaside promenades and historic coastal towns.
Coastal: nine tenths along the coast.
Margate (4h30 in)
Broadstairs (1h45 in)
Kingsgate Bay: A chalk-cliff cove on the Thanet coast near Broadstairs, framed by a natural sea arch (2h45 in).
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
2 lunch spots: the Royal Victoria Pavilion (45m in), or Forts Café (1h45 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the Mechanical Elephant, or the Cinque Ports
Warnings: Very popular and busy. Check tide timings.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walks: the Saturday Walkers Club and Walking Post (inc. GPX).
Faversham to Canterbury (Kent)
9 minutes direct from Chilham.
Recommended: Really beautiful woodland segments and occasional idyllic countryside vistas. The first segment, closest to Faversham, isn't great due to a busy road, but very quiet beyond that. Quiet and isolated.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Faversham: Very picturesque medieval market town with many interesting shops and historic sites.
Canterbury Cathedral (5h in)
Canterbury (5h in)
Time: 7h (5h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Lunch: No lunch venues en route. There's a playground with picnic tables at Chartham Hatch that makes a good stop for a packed lunch.
7 end-of-walk rewards: the Black Griffin, the Lady Luck, the Old Weaver Restaurant, Marlowe's, the Drapers Arms, the Old Buttermarket, or the Shakespeare
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walk: Slow Ways.
Canterbury Circular via Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve (Kent)
9 minutes direct from Chilham.
Flat Kent countryside, arable fields, woods, ancient villages, oast houses, polytunnel farms and riverside.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Chartham to Canterbury (Kent)
4 minutes direct from Chilham.
Apple orchards, a chalk stream and a cathedral, along the River Stour and the North Downs Way past No Man's Orchard into Canterbury.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
No Man's Orchard: A community orchard of mature fruit trees alongside the North Downs Way.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Orchard paths can be muddy; busy road section on the A28.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Paddock Wood to Yalding (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Chilham.
Flat flood plain, riverside meadows, tree-lined field edges, mixed woods, open countryside, village streets and gentle Greensand Ridge slopes.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tonbridge to Penshurst (Kent)
1 hour direct from Chilham.
Fairly flat walk along shaded paths through fields and riverside woodland alongside the River Medway.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
The Tonbridge Castle: A Norman motte-and-bailey castle with a 13th-century gatehouse beside the Medway.
The Haysden Country Park: A lakeside country park on the River Medway floodplain near Tonbridge.
River Medway at Ensfield Bridge: Meadow-set river spot suitable for wild swimming and picnics.
St John the Baptist Church, Penshurst: Historic village church next to Penshurst Place.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: Porcupine Pantry Café
Warnings: Can be muddy in places when wet.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Sandling to Wye (Kent)
6 minutes direct from Chilham.
North Downs escarpment ridge, open downland, woods, sloping fields and fine views over Kent coast.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wye Circular via Crown Memorial (Kent)
6 minutes direct from Chilham.
North Downs escarpments, chalk downland, beech and chestnut woods, open fields, riverbank along Great Stour, churchyard and farmland.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Pluckley Circular via Dering windows (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Chilham.
Flat Low Weald farmland, orchards, quiet lanes, ancient pubs, quaint Kent villages and a fine viewpoint near Pluckley.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tonbridge Circular via Tudeley (Kent)
1 hour direct from Chilham.
Parkland, farm fields, paddocks, orchards, country park, riverside paths, residential streets and fishing and sailing lakes.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Pluckley to Ashford International (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Chilham.
Pastures, orchards, woods, commons, bogs, parkland estate and riverside parks into a town centre.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Staplehurst to Headcorn (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Chilham.
Fields, low-lying farmland, bluebell woods and Kentish Weald villages.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).