Walks you can reach from Westgate-on-Sea by train
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Margate Station to Broadstairs Station (Kent)
4m direct from Westgate-on-Sea.
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).
Ramsgate Station to Margate Station (Kent)
4m direct from Westgate-on-Sea.
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.
Birchington-on-Sea Station to Herne Bay Station (Kent)
4m direct from Westgate-on-Sea.
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.
Margate Station to Herne Bay Station (Kent)
4m direct from Westgate-on-Sea.
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.
Birchington-on-Sea Station to Whitstable Station (Kent)
4m direct from Westgate-on-Sea.
21km.
Flat coastal promenade and sea wall; shingle beach, beach huts, caravan-park front, residential clifftops, and seaside towns.
A longer variant of Birchington to Herne Bay – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Broadstairs Station Circular (Kent)
9m direct from Westgate-on-Sea.
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.
Faversham Station to Whitstable Station (Kent)
15m direct from Westgate-on-Sea.
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 Westgate-on-Sea.
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 Westgate-on-Sea.
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.
Meopham Station to Rochester Station (Kent)
1h direct from Westgate-on-Sea.
19km. 4h30.
Chalk grassland, ancient woodland, community woodland, landscaped parkland, wildflower meadows, motorway viaduct crossing, salt marsh, riverside path, and historic town. Motorway viaduct crossing.
An alternative variant of Meopham Circular – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.