Walks you can reach from Minster by train
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Chilham to Canterbury East (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Minster.
Highly recommended
Time: 3h–6h
2 lunch spots: Chilham (30m–1h in) — the Chilham Square, or the Star Inn
5 end-of-walk rewards: the Monument, the Unicorn Inn, the West Gate Inn, the Carpenters Arms, or the Old Buttermarket
Warnings: A fifth urban.
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Charing to Chilham (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Minster.
Highly recommended
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 4h30–9h
2 lunch spots: the Flying Horse (2h–3h30 in), or Perry Court Tea Room (2h–3h30 in)
3 end-of-walk rewards: the Chilham Square, the White Horse, Chilham, or the Woolpack Inn, Chilham
Warnings: Penultimate section of the Pilgrim's Way to Canterbury.
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Ramsgate to Margate (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Minster.
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).
Chilham Circular via Chilham (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Minster.
Downland escarpment, upland fields, woods, bluebell woods, country estate and a hilltop village.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Sandling to Wye (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Minster.
North Downs escarpment ridge, open downland, woods, sloping fields and fine views over Kent coast.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Wye Circular via Crown Memorial (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Minster.
North Downs escarpments, chalk downland, beech and chestnut woods, open fields, riverbank along Great Stour, churchyard and farmland.
Time: 5h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Pluckley Circular via Dering windows (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Minster.
Flat Low Weald farmland, orchards, quiet lanes, ancient pubs, quaint Kent villages and a fine viewpoint near Pluckley.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Chartham to Canterbury West (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Minster.
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: 3h–6h
Warnings: Orchard paths can be muddy; busy road section on the A28.
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Pluckley to Ashford International (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Minster.
Pastures, orchards, woods, commons, bogs, parkland estate and riverside parks into a town centre.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Staplehurst to Headcorn (Kent)
1 hour direct from Minster.
Fields, low-lying farmland, bluebell woods and Kentish Weald villages.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Harrietsham to Pluckley (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Minster.
Gentle ridge, apple orchards, pasture, escarpment views, bluebell woods, Kentish farmland and churches attached to farms and manor houses.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Headcorn to Ashford International (Kent)
1 hour direct from Minster.
Lovely scenic places. Almost no gradient and with a nice mix of road and cross-country field paths. Generally easy once past the opening stretches. Frequent public transport from Ashford back to the start at Headcorn.
Time: 6h–12h
Warnings: Leaving Headcorn along Smarden Road involves a very fast stretch of road that some may find intimidating, though Love Lane runs alongside it. A short section of field path about 3.3km in (after the railway bridge) is very poorly maintained; an on-road alternative avoids it.
Walk details: Slow Ways.