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Botany Bay Clifftop Path – Kingsgate Bay and the Chalk Cliffs loop from Dumpton Park

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Botany Bay Clifftop Path – Kingsgate Bay and the Chalk Cliffs loop from Dumpton Park

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378

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Botany Bay Clifftop Path – Kingsgate Bay and the Chalk Cliffs loop from Dumpton Park

02:57

49.9km

290m

Cycling

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

Last updated: June 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 44.9 km for 74 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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North Sea Wall (Viking Coastal Trail)

Highlight • Beach

The North Sea Wall is a perfectly flat stretch of the Viking Coastal Trail, bordered by a shingle beach and grazing marsh. Here you'll be able to spot coastal and marshland birds, including marsh harriers.

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Minnis Bay Beach and Coastal Path

Highlight • Beach

Take the Thanet Coastal Path along the seafront at Minnis Bay and take in the beach huts, white cliffs and holidaymakers. The concrete cycle path feels somewhat incongruent with the …

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30.9 km

Beresford Gap Coastal Path

Highlight (Segment) • Beach

It's a great ride (and I have almost no sense of smell!). The path takes you most of the way from Whitstable around to Sandwich. Where you have to leave …

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34.4 km

Westgate Bay Coastal Path

Highlight • Cycleway

The cycle path leads along the shore past Westgate Bay and the iconic blue and yellow beach huts of Westgate-on-Sea. Around the headland cliffs to the west, the town's second …

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37.4 km

Margate Main Sands

Beach

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Palm Bay

Beach

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Botany Bay Clifftop Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This fabulous cliff top path is part of the Viking Coastal Trail. It offers wonderful views of Botany Bay, known for its white cliffs and beautiful chalk stacks. The path …

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43.2 km

Botany Bay Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

There's a great cliff top path that takes you to Margate & from there you can follow the coast to Reculver towers

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43.7 km

Neptune's Tower

Ruins

44.2 km

Kingsgate Bay and the Chalk Cliffs

Highlight • Natural Monument

Fantastic view.

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44.9 km

Joss Bay

Highlight • Lake

Known as the best surfing beach in Thanet, beautiful Joss Bay even has its own surf school where you can hire boards and wet suits to take to the waves

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49.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.5 km

18.1 km

5.40 km

920 m

825 m

170 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

36.6 km

11.5 km

949 m

719 m

115 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 25 June

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Botany Bay Clifftop Path – Kingsgate Bay and the Chalk Cliffs loop from Dumpton Park

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Kingsgate Bay and the Chalk Cliffs

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