Walks from Faversham

Flat marshland, creek embankments, farm fields, quiet country lanes, woodland and tidal waterways.

Time: 4h30

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Easy coastal walk, flat terrain, seaside villages and open shoreline.

Coastal: three quarters along the coast.

Time: 3h30–7h30

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Similar walks: Railwalks (inc. GPX) and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Flat orchards and fruit farms, tidal river seawall, coastal creeks, mudflats, salt marshes, drainage ditches, dykes, windswept grazing marshes and historic market town streets.

Time: 5h30

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Recommended: A flat estuary walk along the sea defences, following the England Coast Path nearly all the way.

Coastal: nine tenths along the coast.

Time: 6h30–13h30

Lunch: Only one village stop en route.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Some really spectacular views; takes in some of the best countryside north Kent has to offer. A straightforward, almost entirely off-road route with a good mix of woodland, farmland and golf course. Easy to follow and not too challenging, though it can become very boggy near the river in autumn and winter and a few woodland sections get overgrown with nettles in summer. Golden Hill makes a nice stopping place with great views.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 5h–10h

End-of-walk reward: Plenty of places to eat and drink around the Buttermarket in Canterbury.

Warnings: Some felled trees across woodland paths, and a footpath between Horselees Road and Dunkirk Road at Boughton under Blean was very overgrown with stinging nettles. The downloaded track uses straight lines that do not match the paths in places, notably at Rheims Way where you should use the underpass.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 5h30–11h

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A long walk with about a mile less road walking than the alternative, mostly on quiet lanes and footpaths and climbing to King's Wood with its sculptures. Some field-edge alternatives avoid problem paths. A short 40m stretch of A251 road walking near Boughton Aluph looks uncomfortable. Five sculptures in King's Wood are on the route. Possible break-out points by bus, train or pub at Kennington, Wye, Challock, Badlesmere, Leaveland, Sheldwich or Selling.

Time: 6h30–13h

Lunch: Pubs on the route at Kennington, Boughton Lees and Molash.

Warnings: There are 40 metres of road walking on the A251 near Boughton Aluph that looks a little uncomfortable; regular runners keep off the road using the adjacent field edge instead.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

An unavoidably long route through grazing marsh, freshwater pools, saltwater creeks, orchards and urban green spaces and quiet country lanes. Mostly flat; some sections can be soggy and waterlogged but doable with high boots. Passes through the Swale RAMSAR site with important bird populations; a high density of fruit orchards makes it good for spring blossom; lots of pitstop and public-transport options; you may see the Kingsferry Bridge spans lift.

Time: 7h30–15h

1 lunch spot: the Ship Inn

Warnings: Some parts of the route can be very waterlogged.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Flat marshland, creek embankments, farm fields, quiet country lanes and bypassing Gunpowder Works woodland.

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A variant of Faversham Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Flat marshland, creek embankments, farm fields, quiet lanes and omitting the Oare Marshes loop.

Time: 3h

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: A shorter variant of Faversham Circular – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Field and woodland paths with steps and several gates and uneven ground. At one point the route passes through orchards.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 4h–7h30

Source: An alternative variant of Favcha two – Slow Ways.