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Whitstable Harbour – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from St Nicholas-at-Wade

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Whitstable Harbour – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from St Nicholas-at-Wade

Moderate

4.3

(3)

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Whitstable Harbour – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from St Nicholas-at-Wade

02:50

43.7km

210m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 37.0 km for 235 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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11.7 km

Underdown Wood

Forest

13.5 km

Ponies in the Woods

Highlight • Natural

Bench spot for wildlife

Tip by

14.0 km

Bison Bridges

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

It's a land bridge, consisting of a wildlife and recreational crossing

Tip by

14.4 km

Totem Poles in Clowes Wood

Highlight • Forest

Check out these Totem Poles in Clowes Woods

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19.3 km

Crab and Winkle Way

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Cycle / Hiking tracks Between Canterbury and Whitstable

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23.6 km

There is a lovely little market at Whitstable Harbour. It has expanded enormously over the years and now has some really excellent, trendy restaurants as well as arts and crafts stalls where you can find some gems. There are also a number of very cheap stalls selling fresh fish and takeaway food just outside the market itself.

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Tip by

24.2 km

Tankerton Beach

Highlight • Beach

Stony Kentish Beach. Little Bubble Cafe for Refreshment 100yards away.

Tip by

32.5 km

Beach

35.3 km

Reculver Towers and the Coastal Path

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Skinny Single Trax on matting heading Hernebay to Reculver

Tip by

37.1 km

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

Highlight • Monument

King Aethelberht I of Kent( c.590-616 AD) was the first king to convert to Christianity in 601 AD after the arrival of St Augustine and the Gregorian mission in 597 AD. The medieval minster or monastery dedicated to St Mary's, with its landmark twin towers, was founded on the site of a Roman fort at Reculver. The connection with the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Kent started at Reculver when King Ecgberht I gave the land over to a priest named Bassa in 669 AD. Eadberht II, was also buried here in the 760s. The minster became a parish church on the death of William the Conqueror in 1087 when churches and other properties were returned to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Tip by

43.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.8 km

13.8 km

9.61 km

3.34 km

1.69 km

393 m

Surfaces

13.6 km

13.3 km

10.8 km

3.50 km

2.06 km

342 m

Elevation

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Highest point (70 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Monday 13 July

23°C

17°C

0 %

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Ponies in the Woods

Bison Bridges

Totem Poles in Clowes Wood

Crab and Winkle Way