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Reculver Towers and Roman Fort – Westgate Towers loop from Canterbury East

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort – Westgate Towers loop from Canterbury East

Moderate

4.8

(4)

riders

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort – Westgate Towers loop from Canterbury East

02:16

42.9km

260m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. 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: May 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 16.9 km for 196 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.83 km

View of Rapeseed Fields

Highlight • Natural

9.57 km

Buckwell Wood

Forest

17.0 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.

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17.6 km

View of Reculver Towers and Seafront

Highlight • Beach

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

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21.6 km

Beach

24.6 km

Hampton Pier and Beach Huts

Highlight • Beach

Especially great to come here for a refreshing beer at the Hampton inn

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25.2 km

Viking Way Swalecliffe Promenade

Highlight (Segment) • Beach

Amazing ride along the coast with great views out to sea, great surface to ride on and relatively little foot traffic in December.

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35.2 km

Clowes Wood

Highlight • MTB Park

Enjoy miles of cycling and walking trails in this area of woodland near Whitstable. The site is also a nature reserve and includes attractive mixed woodland, heathland and wet meadow. Look out for wildlife which includes woodpeckers, Woodcock and if you're lucky an owl.

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39.9 km

St. Dunstan's Church, Canterbury

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Whitstable road from St.Dunstan's is a steady rising gradient before three rolling hills to Whitstable

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41.8 km

Westgate Towers

Highlight • Monument

A serene and peaceful part of the city, and yet somehow quite imposing as you cycle up to the massive stone gate. It's hard not to image the thousands of travellers who have approached these gates over hundreds of years. Enjoy the calm canal scene and watch the punters pass by.

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42.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.4 km

16.3 km

5.06 km

3.99 km

1.04 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

28.6 km

9.61 km

3.29 km

1.35 km

133 m

Elevation

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Highest point (70 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Monday 13 July

26°C

16°C

0 %

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Reculver Towers and Roman Fort – Westgate Towers loop from Canterbury East

View of Rapeseed Fields

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

View of Reculver Towers and Seafront

Hampton Pier and Beach Huts

Viking Way Swalecliffe Promenade

Clowes Wood

St. Dunstan's Church, Canterbury

Westgate Towers

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