Walks you can reach from Thanet Parkway by train
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Ramsgate Station to Margate Station (Kent)
5m direct from Thanet Parkway.
16km. Moderate ascents. 4h30–7h30.
Low chalk cliffs, sandy bays and coves, cliff-top grassland, seaside promenades, and historic coastal towns. Very popular and busy. Check tide timings.
Highlights: Margate and Broadstairs.
Lunch stops: the Royal Victoria Pavilion (30m–1h in), or Forts Café (1h30–3h in).
End-of-walk rewards: the Mechanical Elephant, or the Cinque Ports.
Margate Station to Broadstairs Station (Kent)
15m direct from Thanet Parkway.
11km. Moderate ascents. 3h–5h.
Beginner-friendly: Just keep the sea on your left and follow it to Broadstairs.
Very popular and busy.
Highlights: Margate and Broadstairs.
Lunch stop: the Captain Digby (1h30–2h30 in).
End-of-walk rewards: the Tartar Frigate, the Neptune's Hall, Siam Kitchen, the Magnet Micropub, or the Prince Albert.
Buying train tickets: Buy a return ticket to Margate (it’s fine to embark at Broadstairs for the return journey, because Broadstairs is en route to Margate).
Broadstairs Station Circular (Kent)
15m direct from Thanet Parkway.
Low chalk cliffs, sandy bays and coves, cliff-top grassland, and seaside promenades. Check tide timings.
A variant of Ramsgate to Margate – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Sturry Station Circular (Kent)
15m direct from Thanet Parkway.
13km.
Flat Kent countryside, woods with wood anemones, arable fields, ancient villages, and riverside.
A variant of Canterbury Circular via Bekesbourne and Sturry – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Canterbury East Station to Sturry Station (Kent)
15m direct from Thanet Parkway.
18km.
Flat Kent countryside, arable fields, woods, ancient villages, and riverside near Fordwich.
A shorter variant of Canterbury Circular via Bekesbourne and Sturry – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Bekesbourne Station to Sturry Station (Kent)
15m direct from Thanet Parkway.
12km.
Flat Kent countryside, arable fields, woods, ancient villages, and riverside.
A variant of Canterbury Circular via Bekesbourne and Sturry – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Margate Station to Herne Bay Station (Kent)
15m direct from Thanet Parkway.
18km.
Flat seafront promenades, quiet residential clifftops, small headlands, and sandy beaches linking coastal towns.
A longer variant of Birchington to Herne Bay – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Chilham Station to Canterbury East Station (Kent)
30m direct from Thanet Parkway.
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)
30m direct from Thanet Parkway.
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.
Chilham Station Circular (Kent)
30m direct from Thanet Parkway.
15km.
Downland escarpment, upland fields, woods, bluebell woods, country estate, and a hilltop village.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Chilham Station to Wye Station (Kent)
30m direct from Thanet Parkway.
16km.
Downland escarpment, upland fields, woods, country estate, and a hilltop village.
A variant of Chilham Circular – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Pluckley Station to Ashford International Station (Kent)
30m direct from Thanet Parkway.
16km.
Pastures, orchards, woods, commons, bogs, parkland estate, and riverside parks into a town centre.