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Best walks in Kent<\/h2>\n
Dover to Deal<\/h3>\n
9.9 miles\/15.9km | 5 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Walk along the famous White Cliffs of Dover\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n A bright August afternoon, 55BC. Shingle crunches beneath sandals as Julius Caesar\u2019s scouts slip from their boats and head up the beach. This was a reconnaissance mission, to decide if England was worth invading; they concluded it wasn\u2019t. Or at least, not yet \u2013 12 years later they returned, this time with a good deal more conviction and legions.<\/p>\n
The Kent coast has been England\u2019s front line for millennia, and as this straightforward 10-mile walk takes you over the cliff tops and beaches between Dover and Deal, its past unfolds, revealing a fear of attack that stretches from the Iron Age to the Second World War.<\/p>\n
Dover to Deal walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n
Marlpit Hill<\/h3>\n
3.4 miles\/5.4km | 2 hours | easy\u2013moderate<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Misty morning over Marlpit Hill pasture\/Credit: Sarah Medway<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n This short circular walk begins in Marlpit Hill on the northern edge of Edenbridge, Kent. Once at the heart of the medieval Wealden iron industry, the area is now tranquil farmland.<\/p>\n
Discover babbling brooks, tributaries of the River Eden, ancient woods,\u00a0winter wildfowl in the colder months and the site of a Saxon manor.<\/p>\n
Marlpit Hill walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n
Upnor and Medway River<\/h3>\n
5.1 miles\/8.3km | 3 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Rochester and Upper Upton on the River Medway\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n If you\u2019re after the pristine and pretty, then this isn\u2019t the walk for you. Boat yards and warehouses flank the waterside, and near Hoo St Werburgh the cube of the decommissioned Kingsnorth power station looms on the horizon. Nevertheless, with its shipwrecks, forts and secret beach, this part of the Kent coast feels fantastically off the beaten track. London may be a stone\u2019s throw away, yet sometimes the only sound here is the river on the shore.<\/p>\n
With the pleasant, weather-boarded houses of cobbled Upper Upnor High Street behind you, follow the signs for the Saxon Shore Way as it skirts the brick wall of Upnor Castle (closed in winter). Built on the orders of Elizabeth I to defend Chatham Dockyard, this impressive fortress was also painted by JMW Turner.<\/p>\n
Upper Upton on the River Medway walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n
Ramsgate to Margate<\/h2>\n
8 miles\/12.7km | 5 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>The impressive and historic Royal Harbour of Ramsgate\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n Ramsgate is, literally, the gateway to Thanet, the outcrop of upper chalk where the North Downs finally meet the North Sea.<\/p>\n
It has slightly fewer rams roaming the streets than yesteryear and is now dominated by its 19th-century architecture (check out the Granville Hotel, St Augustine\u2019s Church and others by Pugin) and its continuing fishing industry.<\/p>\n
An eight-mile coastal walk runs between Ramsgate and its maritime neighbour, Margate, where art and seaside snacks await.<\/p>\n
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