Sanram two

Slow Way not verified yet. Verify Sanram here.

The original route from Sandwich to Ramsgate used a part of the England Coast Path north of Sandwich which has been closed for at least 6 years and seems likely to stay that way. So a new route is needed. This one steals a good idea from MinSan 1 by going through the Monks Wall Nature Reserve and then along the bike lane beside the Sandwich Bypass, which is set back from the road and screened by young trees. That's instead of plodding along the pavement of industrial Ramsgate Road for several miles straight. Dogs are not allowed in Monks Wall Nature Reserve, so you'd have to use the pavement of Ramsgate Road instead, like SanRam 1.

I've made sure that MinRam 1, SanRam 2 and MinSan 2 overlap where possible and so,
MinSan needed a new route for the same reason, and the three routes overlap now, so you could test all 32km/23mi of the three routes but cover only about 17km/11mi of ground, with a little help from public transport. It's one stop back on the train from Minster to Thanet Parkway (brand new station!) or 10 minutes on bus 45 from Ramsgate Harbour to Cliffsend.

This route walking on pavements beside busy roads altogether walking but it is broken up, and over 60% off road, that's 2km/1.5mi less road walking altogether.

As well as the Monks Wall Nature Reserve this route goes past Stonelees Nature Reserve and Pegwell Bay Country Park, past sand dunes then up the cliffs to Ramsgate and there's a long stretch of public gardens atop the cliffs. There should be a good variety of wildlife too, with freshwater and tidal marshes, reedbeds and mudflats on the route as well as fields, scrubland and views out to sea.

Mid-route in Cliffsend there's a station, several bus routes, public toilets and cafes, Pegwell Bay C Pk car park also has toilets and a cafe.

If you have time or inclination you could explore the nature reserves or the old hovercraft port at Cliffsend, go down to the undercliff path on the western end of Ramsgate, or down the steps to the marina at Ramsgate Harbour. They would just be small diversions from this path, but to make navigation easy this route sticks to the England Coast Path
from Pegwell Bay C Pk to Ramsgate

The original route from Sandwich to Ramsgate used a part of the England Coast Path north of Sandwich which has been closed for at least 6 years and seems likely to stay that way. So a new route is needed. This one steals a good idea from MinSan 1 by going through the Monks Wall Nature Reserve and then along the bike lane beside the Sandwich Bypass, which is set back from the road and screened by young trees. That's instead of plodding along the pavement of industrial Ramsgate Road for several miles straight. Dogs are not allowed in Monks Wall Nature Reserve, so you'd have to use the pavement of Ramsgate Road instead, like SanRam 1.

I've made sure that MinRam 1, SanRam 2 and MinSan 2 overlap where possible and so,
MinSan needed a new route for the same reason, and the three routes overlap now, so you could test all 32km/23mi of the three routes but cover only about 17km/11mi of ground, with a little help from public transport. It's one stop back on the train from Minster to Thanet Parkway (brand new station!) or 10 minutes on bus 45 from Ramsgate Harbour to Cliffsend.

This route walking on pavements beside busy roads altogether walking but it is broken up, and over 60% off road, that's 2km/1.5mi less road walking altogether.

As well as the Monks Wall Nature Reserve this route goes past Stonelees Nature Reserve and Pegwell Bay Country Park, past sand dunes then up the cliffs to Ramsgate and there's a long stretch of public gardens atop the cliffs. There should be a good variety of wildlife too, with freshwater and tidal marshes, reedbeds and mudflats on the route as well as fields, scrubland and views out to sea.

Mid-route in Cliffsend there's a station, several bus routes, public toilets and cafes, Pegwell Bay C Pk car park also has toilets and a cafe.

If you have time or inclination you could explore the nature reserves or the old hovercraft port at Cliffsend, go down to the undercliff path on the western end of Ramsgate, or down the steps to the marina at Ramsgate Harbour. They would just be small diversions from this path, but to make navigation easy this route sticks to the England Coast Path
from Pegwell Bay C Pk to Ramsgate