3 Trails Challenge

7.5 Mile cycle or walk in Kent following part of the old Crab and Winkle Way railway line from Canterbury to Whitstable:

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I know it’s not walking, but it’s good fun and hard work. A really nice route with a car park and pub at either end.

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The Ordnance Survey Explorer map series (”The essential map for outdoor activities”) are great for planning your walk with a scale of 1:25 000 (4 cm to 1 km, 2½ inches to 1 mile). To cover the North Downs route of Farnham to Dover you will require:

• Explorer Map 145: Guildford & Farnham - Godalming & Farnborough
• Explorer Map 146: Dorking, Box Hill & Reigate - Leatherhead & Caterham
• Explorer Map 147: Sevenoaks & Tonbridge - Royal Tunbridge Wells & Westerham
• Explorer Map 148: Maidstone & the Medway Towns
• Explorer Map 137: Ashford - Headcorn, Chilham & Wye
• Explorer Map 138: Dover, Folkestone & Hythe

And to add the loop via Canterbury, you will also need:

• Explorer Map 149: Sittingbourne & Faversham - Isle of Sheppey
• Explorer Map 150: Canterbury & the Isle of Thanet - Herne Bay, Deal & Whitstable

Covered by Ordnance Explorer Map 150 (Canterbury) and 137 (Ashford). Warning! There is a bit between Chartham Hatch and Old Wife’s Lees that is in between the two. I found this out by getting totally lost and walking round an apple field for an hour.

The walk is around 13 miles and can be split into 3 sections, with easy access to railway stations at Chartham, Chilham, Canterbury and Wye (One and a half miles from Boughton Lees).

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Covered by Ordnance Explorer Map 137 (Ashford).

Below is a Google Map of a 5 mile circular walk from Wye Station, Kent.  This walk uses some of the North Downs Way and offers impressive views over the North Downs from the Wye Crown and the Devils Kneading Trough.  It’s a really nice walk and would suit most abilities, though the step section (marked on the map) is quite steep.

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Scope is a disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy. Scope’s aim is that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are valued and have the same human and civil rights as everyone else.

Our Charity for this challenge event

Charity Registration No 208231

Welcome to our “3 Trails Challenge” website, 610 miles, 24 days and 3 National Trails.  The route we are planning runs from Dover (Kent) to Sennen Cove (Penzance, Cornwall) and includes the length of the stunning North Downs Way, South Downs Way and the South West Coastal Path as far as Penzance.  As neither of us can afford 24 consecutive days off, the journey will be split into 5 sections of 4-5 days each, with the average day clocking in over 25 miles (plus more with my enthusiastic navigating).  We hope to raise over £4 per mile and raise a total of £2,500 for charity.

We would like to thank you for having a look and once we have agreed our event with our charity, will set-up a “Just Giving” page.  Thanks for your support - James Montgomery & Vanessa Rickett.