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Reculver Towers and Roman Fort – Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path loop from Kemsley

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort – Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path loop from Kemsley

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Reculver Towers and Roman Fort – Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path loop from Kemsley

05:43

130km

650m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 44.6 km for 235 m

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Train Station

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24.7 km

View of Seasalter Beach

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Not overly busy (except in peak summer), and traffic is usually pretty low. Well worth a stop to walk up the bank for the view over the sea. It can be pretty windy at times (sometimes in an unfavourable direction if you don't look at the forecast before setting out on your route), so prepare yourself for some gusty crosswinds at times.

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31.1 km

Whitstable Harbour

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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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33.4 km

Tankerton Beach Huts

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Have you Walked the street? Can't say youve been to Whitstable unless you have, Oh and maybe a Pint Of Whitstable Bay in the Old Neptune! :)

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44.1 km

View of Reculver Towers and Seafront

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The imposing twin towers of the medieval church at Reculver dominate the skyline

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44.7 km

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

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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.

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48.4 km

Beach

48.7 km

Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path

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On a beautiful day this is a wonderful ride but if it's blowing a gale you'd better hope it's a tailwind. Also although I've chosen a road bike there are some great tracks for an MTB

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52.4 km

Cliff Road Coastal Path

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It can be very windy so plan your route direction with the wind behind and fly along the seafront promenades. If you find yourself against the wind there are more sheltered paths to link up to joining back onto the residential roads and cycle paths.

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