Walks you can reach from Sittingbourne by train
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Margate to Broadstairs (Kent)
45 minutes direct from Sittingbourne.
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.
Dover Priory to Deal (Kent)
1 hour direct from Sittingbourne.
Highly recommended: Clifftop chalk paths, two significant climbs, level pebble beach coastpath, open sea views and historic town.
Coastal: almost all along the coast.
Dover Castle: A vast medieval fortress overlooking the port and the Channel to France.
Time: 5h30–11h
3 lunch spots: Saint Margarets Bay (3h–6h in) — the Pines Tea Room, or the bay kiosk; plus Walmer Castle and Gardens (3h–6h in)
3 end-of-walk rewards: the Port Arms, the Sir Norman Wisdom, or the Queen Street Tap
Warnings: Mobile may switch networks.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 2.
Similar walks: the Saturday Walkers Club, Walking Post (inc. GPX) and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).
Chilham to Canterbury East (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Sittingbourne.
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.
Folkestone Central to Dover Priory (Kent)
1 hour direct from Sittingbourne.
Highly recommended: Coastal cliffs, chalk downland, sea defences, wild landslip area, wartime installations, ridge between valley and sea and town crossing.
Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Coastal: four fifths along the coast.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 4h–8h30
1 lunch spot: Camping Café (1h–2h30 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the Malvern, or the Priory Hotel
Warnings: Cracked sea defences.
Source: Trains2Green.
Similar walks: the Saturday Walkers Club and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).
Ramsgate to Margate (Kent)
1 hour direct from Sittingbourne.
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).
Canterbury East Circular via Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Sittingbourne.
Flat Kent countryside, arable fields, woods, ancient villages, oast houses, polytunnel farms and riverside.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Faversham Circular via Uplees Marshes (Kent)
8 minutes direct from Sittingbourne.
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).
Meopham Circular (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Sittingbourne.
Chalk grassland, ancient woodland, community woodland, landscaped parkland, wildflower meadows, farm fields, country park and busy road stretches.
The Rochester Castle: A Norman castle beside the Medway with one of the tallest surviving keeps in England.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Teynham to Faversham (Kent)
5 minutes direct from Sittingbourne.
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).
Faversham to Whitstable (Kent)
8 minutes direct from Sittingbourne.
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).
Rochester to Sole Street (Kent)
15 minutes direct from Sittingbourne.
Dickensian Kent and the Medway: Rochester's cathedral and castle, then Ranscombe Farm and Cobham Park to Sole Street.
Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.
The Rochester Cathedral: England's second-oldest cathedral, founded in 604, in the heart of Rochester.
The Rochester Castle: A Norman castle beside the Medway with one of the tallest surviving keeps in England.
The Ranscombe Farm Reserve: A nature reserve near Rochester protecting rare arable wildflowers on the Kent downs.
The Cobham Park: A landscaped Repton parkland surrounding Cobham Hall, with the Darnley Mausoleum.
Time: 3h30–7h
Walk details: Walking Post (tips, photos and local insights).
Birchington-on-Sea to Herne Bay (Kent)
30 minutes direct from Sittingbourne.
Entirely flat coastal walk; seafront promenade, raised sea wall, remote shingle beach, grassy clifftop slopes and a seaside resort.
Time: 5h
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).