Walks from Margate
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Margate Station.
Alternatively, view walks near Margate by train.
Margate to Broadstairs
Beginner-friendly: Just keep the sea on your left and follow it to Broadstairs.
Coastal: almost all along the coast.
Time: 3h–6h
1 lunch spot: the Captain Digby (1h30–3h in)
5 end-of-walk rewards: the Tartar Frigate, the Neptune's Hall, Siam Kitchen, the Magnet Micropub, or the Prince Albert
Warnings: Very popular and busy.
Adapted from: Railwalks.
Ramsgate to Margate
Recommended: Low chalk cliffs, sandy bays and coves, cliff-top grassland, seaside promenades and historic coastal towns.
Coastal: nine tenths along the coast.
Kingsgate Bay: A chalk-cliff cove on the Thanet coast near Broadstairs, framed by a natural sea arch.
Time: 4h30–9h
2 lunch spots: the Royal Victoria Pavilion (30m–1h30 in), or Forts Café (1h30–3h30 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).
Herne Bay to Margate
Recommended: Great views of sea. A flat, easy-to-follow coastal walk on a largely concrete path beside the sea and with around 2 km on grass and some steps. Accessible to wheels along much of its length. Follows the Oyster Bay Trail and Saxon Shore Way. There is a section along a road near Westgate-on-Sea.
Coastal: almost all along the coast.
Time: 5h–10h30
Lunch: Cafes and toilets en route.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Minster to Margate
A fairly easy walk through fields and a concrete footpath past an industrial estate and with some heavy-traffic road sections near Margate that have pavements. The field path at Garlinge can be inaccessible in late summer when there is a crop down. Look out for the Gatehouse at Dent-de-Lion from the path. The route officially ends at the church, a short walk from Minster station.
Time: 2h–4h30
Warnings: A short section along Minster Road onto Shottendane Road has no pavement; the field edge is rough and walkable, but do not walk on the road itself as drivers speed along it. Crossing Minster Road can be scary at rush hour.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Margate to Ramsgate
Low chalk cliffs, sandy bays and coves, cliff-top grassland, seaside promenades and historic coastal towns.
Warnings: Check tide timings.
Source: An alternative variant of Ramsgate to Margate – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Margate to Herne Bay
Flat seafront promenades, quiet residential clifftops, small headlands and sandy beaches linking coastal towns.
Source: A longer variant of Birchington to Herne Bay – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).