Whitstable—Canterbury
Whican two 
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Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Whitstable and Canterbury.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Whitstable and Canterbury.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 2
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (2)
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Downloads - 5
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Geography information system (GIS) Data
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Start and end points Whitstable Grid Ref TR1076566924 Lat / Lon 51.36227° / 1.02615° Easting / Northing 610,765E / 166,924N What3Words pure.purple.headers
Canterbury Grid Ref TR1498857840 Lat / Lon 51.27912° / 1.08124° Easting / Northing 614,988E / 157,840N What3Words showed.outer.remote
Whican Two's land is
| Whitstable | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TR1076566924 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.36227° / 1.02615° |
| Easting / Northing | 610,765E / 166,924N |
| What3Words | pure.purple.headers |
| Canterbury | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | TR1498857840 |
| Lat / Lon | 51.27912° / 1.08124° |
| Easting / Northing | 614,988E / 157,840N |
| What3Words | showed.outer.remote |
| Arable | 34.2% |
| Green urban | 7.1% |
| Pasture | 1.2% |
| Urban | 44.5% |
| Woods | 13.0% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
Reviews
Mtormey
03 Nov 2021I walked the route from Whitstable to Canterbury. Overall, I really enjoyed the route; it was varied, gorgeous, interesting, and generally navigable and easy to follow. The route generally, but not exclusively, follows the cycleway, so much of the route has really good ground conditions (paved or compacted gravel and wide paths).
A few points:
- Around Thurston Park the route has you go in behind a stretch of homes, but the footpath was totally littered with debris or overgrown vegetation. It makes more sense to just get on the cycleway right after Old Bridge Road rather than join it south of All Saints Close.
- You might be able to avoid some mud by staying on the Crab and Winkle Way instead of taking the deviation from it at Amery Court Farm.
- I didn't take the diversion into Blean and intead just stayed straight on the Crab and Winkle Way.
- The route around the University of Kent is a bit weird, ducking around uni buildings, but the path is always there and always public. I actually liked it as a way to keep the approach into Canterbury as green as possible for as long as possible!
No major complaints here: the route was pleasant, beautiful, and a great connection between Whitstable and Canterbury!.
Tim Ryan
03 Aug 2021A pleasant and easy to follow route. Sharing much of its length with the National Cycling Route 1.
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