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Thames and Medway Canal Path – Lesnes Abbey Ruins loop from Swanscombe

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Swanscombe And Greenhithe

Thames and Medway Canal Path – Lesnes Abbey Ruins loop from Swanscombe

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Thames and Medway Canal Path – Lesnes Abbey Ruins loop from Swanscombe

05:38

89.2km

550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 30, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 0 m for 220 m

After 17.4 km for 98 m

After 17.8 km for 78 m

After 35.1 km for 65 m

After 49.1 km for 199 m

After 60.5 km for 70 m

After 89.0 km for 220 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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13.4 km

Crabbles Bottom Orchard Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Really well surfaced cycle way it’s surrounded by trees and good shortcut so all bikes would be able to take this path

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17.4 km

Site of Rochester Bridge station, Rochester

Archaeological Site

20.5 km

Upper Upnor village

Highlight • Castle

A quaint hidden village on the banks of the Medway with two pubs and a riverside castle.

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32.1 km

Thames and Medway Canal Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Canal path as been recently been resurfaced and is nice and smooth now 😊

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49.2 km

Mill Pond

Lake

58.9 km

Thames Path South Bank Cycle Route

Highlight • Trail

Long car-free bike trail along the south bank of the river. One of the best bike routes into the city of London.

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62.8 km

Crossness Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

64.6 km

Crossness Pumping Station

Highlight • Historical Site

The Crossness Pumping Station is a former sewage pumping station designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and architect Charles Henry Driver. Constructed between 1859 and 1865 by William Webster, as part …

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69.4 km

Lesnes Abbey offers the visitor beautiful abbey ruins, woodland and heathland (particularly noted for the bluebell and daffodil displays in season), an arboretum and more. There are 3 main trails around the grounds.

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89.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

49.6 km

16.3 km

9.33 km

7.62 km

3.84 km

2.24 km

218 m

Surfaces

66.3 km

12.2 km

5.41 km

3.20 km

1.59 km

442 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Friday 29 May

27°C

14°C

0 %

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Thames and Medway Canal Path – Lesnes Abbey Ruins loop from Swanscombe

Crabbles Bottom Orchard Path

Upper Upnor village

Thames and Medway Canal Path

Erith Riverside Gardens

Old wooden pier on the Thames

Thames Path South Bank Cycle Route

Crossness Pumping Station

Lesnes Abbey Ruins

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