Best walks near Margate by train
Kent · South East England | Walks by foot
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Chilham Station to Canterbury East Station (Kent)
45m from Margate, with one change.
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)
45m from Margate, with one change.
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.
Dover Priory Station to Deal Station (Kent)
30m from Margate, with one change.
17km.
A rambler favourite! Clifftop chalk paths, two significant climbs, level pebble beach coastpath, open sea views, and historic town. Mobile may switch networks.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Folkestone Central Station to Dover Priory Station (Kent)
1h from Margate, with one change.
14km.
A rambler favourite! Coastal cliffs, chalk downland, sea defences, wild landslip area, wartime installations, ridge between valley and sea, and town crossing. Cracked sea defences.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Birchington-on-Sea Station to Herne Bay Station (Kent)
5m direct from Margate.
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.
Faversham Station to Whitstable Station (Kent)
15m direct from Margate.
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 Margate.
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 Margate.
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 Margate.
16km.
Pastures, orchards, woods, commons, bogs, parkland estate, and riverside parks into a town centre.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Canterbury East Station Circular (Kent)
45m from Margate, with one change.
22km.
Flat Kent countryside, arable fields, woods, ancient villages, oast houses, polytunnel farms, and riverside.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Chilham Station Circular (Kent)
45m from Margate, with one change.
15km.
Downland escarpment, upland fields, woods, bluebell woods, country estate, and a hilltop village.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Wye Station Circular via Crown Memorial (Kent)
1h from Margate, with one change.
17km. 5h.
North Downs escarpments, chalk downland, beech and chestnut woods, open fields, riverbank along Great Stour, churchyard, and farmland. Can be muddy.