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Westgate Bay Coastal Path – Beresford Gap Coastal Path loop from Westgate-on-Sea

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Westgate Bay Coastal Path – Beresford Gap Coastal Path loop from Westgate-on-Sea

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Westgate Bay Coastal Path – Beresford Gap Coastal Path loop from Westgate-on-Sea

04:23

73.0km

450m

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: May 28, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 11.3 km for 198 m

After 66.9 km for 61 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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888 m

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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2.70 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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4.78 km

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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6.33 km

Minnis Bay Cycleway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Minnie Bay cycle way

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7.73 km

Beach

8.77 km

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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10.7 km

North Sea Wall Freshwater Pond

Highlight • Lake

Here is the North Sea Wall freshwater pond often frequented with swans

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11.4 km

Reculver Roman Fort

Archaeological Site

13.7 km

Hillborough Church and Cemetery

Highlight • Religious Site

Quiet windswept Graveyard surrounds the Church. Built between 1876 and 1878, it is the second such church on its site. The first, consecrated in 1813, was a replacement for a church of St Mary that was founded in 669 .

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37.9 km

Bonnington Wood

Forest

39.1 km

Long Wood

Forest

57.6 km

Elmstone Church

Highlight • Historical Site

Elmstone Church, located in the village of Elmstone in Kent, is an Anglican church dating from the 13th century and was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1963. The …

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73.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

52.8 km

13.5 km

3.32 km

2.53 km

652 m

272 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

45.9 km

26.5 km

277 m

246 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (70 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Thursday 16 July

23°C

16°C

12 %

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Westgate Bay Coastal Path – Beresford Gap Coastal Path loop from Westgate-on-Sea

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Beresford Gap Coastal Path

Minnis Bay Beach and Coastal Path

Minnis Bay Cycleway

North Sea Wall (Viking Coastal Trail)

North Sea Wall Freshwater Pond

Hillborough Church and Cemetery

Elmstone Church

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