Walks you can reach from Wye by train
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Chilham Station to Canterbury East Station (Kent)
6m direct from Wye.
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)
6m direct from Wye.
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)
6m direct from Wye.
15km.
Downland escarpment, upland fields, woods, bluebell woods, country estate, and a hilltop village.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Pluckley Station to Ashford International Station (Kent)
6m direct from Wye.
16km.
Pastures, orchards, woods, commons, bogs, parkland estate, and riverside parks into a town centre.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Pluckley Station Circular via Dering windows (Kent)
15m direct from Wye.
11km.
Flat Low Weald farmland, orchards, quiet lanes, ancient pubs, quaint Kent villages, and a fine viewpoint near Pluckley.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Harrietsham Station to Pluckley Station (Kent)
15m direct from Wye.
15km.
Gentle ridge, apple orchards, pasture, escarpment views, bluebell woods, Kentish farmland, and churches attached to farms and manor houses. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Pluckley Station to Ham Street Station (Kent)
15m direct from Wye.
25km.
Pastures, orchards, woods, commons, bogs, parkland estate, and continuing Greensand Way to Ham Street.
A longer variant of Pluckley to Ashford – documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Sturry Station Circular (Kent)
15m direct from Wye.
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 Wye.
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 Wye.
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.
Staplehurst Station to Headcorn Station (Kent)
30m direct from Wye.
13km.
Fields, low-lying farmland, bluebell woods, and Kentish Weald villages. Can be muddy.
Documented by the Saturday Walkers Club.
Paddock Wood Station to Yalding Station (Kent)
45m direct from Wye.
18km. 4h.
Flat flood plain, riverside meadows, tree-lined field edges, mixed woods, open countryside, village streets, and gentle Greensand Ridge slopes.