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In the Middle Ages the pilgrims' route left the ancient trackway to climb St Martha's Hill [2] On the Pilgrims' Way near Trottiscliffe, Kent. Anyone walking the 'Pilgrims Way' from Winchester would have started along the Roman road east following the route through New Alresford, Four Marks, Alton and Bentley to Farnham.
The River Routes. The Stour Valley Walk is a recreational walking route that follows the River Stour, through the Low Weald and Kent Downs, from its source at Lenham to its estuary at Pegwell Bay. Stour Valley Signs. The walk passes through some of Kent's finest landscapes, most important nature sites and most historic, unspoilt villages. [1]
The Elham Valley Way, a 22.5-mile (40 km) recreational walking route passes through the valley. The route starts at Hythe and finishes at Canterbury Cathedral.It utilises much of the erstwhile route of the Elham Valley Railway, constructed in the 19th century and connecting Folkestone and Canterbury.
Traces the route that might have been taken by timber from forest to shipyards for the construction of warships. [49] Solent Way: 60 97: Hampshire: Milford on Sea: Emsworth: Follows the coast of the Solent. Stour Valley Walk: 52 84: Kent: Pegwell Bay: Lenham: Follows the River Stour, through the Low Weald and Kent Downs, from its source to its ...
The North Downs Way, and the other Kent long-distance footpaths Colley Hill on the North Downs Way Heading up Hollingbourne Downs on the North Downs Way. East of Boughton Lees, the path splits in two, the northern section running via Canterbury and the southern via Wye; at this stage the path crosses the Stour Valley Walk and passes the Wye Crown.
Scotland’s most-loved long walking route is a 96-mile trek from Milngavie to Fort William. Split over eight stages of between nine and 15 miles each, the official website is keen to remind ...
North Downs Way N.T. 246 kilometres (153 mi) from Farnham, Surrey to Dover entering Kent at Westerham; Stour Valley Walk, 82 kilometres (51 mi) from Lenham via Ashford and Canterbury to Pegwell Bay, Sandwich; Sussex Border Path covering its whole border: the eastern section of the 159 miles (256 km) route is in or directly adjoins Kent
Sign showing the path near Ivrea, Italy. In the Middle Ages, Via Francigena was the major pilgrimage route to Rome from the north.The route was first documented as the "Lombard Way", and was first called the Iter Francorum (the "Frankish Route") in the Itinerarium sancti Willibaldi of 725, a record of the travels of Willibald, bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.