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Bigbury Camp Hillfort – Westgate Tower Loop from Canterbury West

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Bigbury Camp Hillfort – Westgate Tower Loop from Canterbury West

Daniel Johnson planned a hike

January 3, 2022

Bigbury Camp Hillfort – Westgate Tower Loop from Canterbury West

Hard

05:37

21.4km

3.8km/h

180m

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Overview

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.74 km

The George and Dragon

Highlight • Restaurant

Good food, good beer, good atmosphere and sizable parking.

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4.75 km

Fordwich Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Picturesque bridge carrying the road over the river.

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12.1 km

Crab and Winkle Way

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Sarre Penn stream

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16.4 km

Bigbury Camp hillfort

Highlight • Historical Site

This historical monument is an Iron Age hill fort that was first occupied around 350 BC, more than 2,000 years ago. It is thought that it was stormed by Roman …

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17.9 km

Tonford Manor — fortified house

Highlight • Other

These are the remains of a fortified house owned by King Henry VI's treasurer over 550 years ago.

Featuring four towers and numerous additions and alteration since it was first built, Henry VII even stayed here with Katherine of Aragon.

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18.3 km

Thanington Lakes on the Great Stour Way

Highlight • River

Beside the cycle path this is well fenced in an maintained by a fishery

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19.7 km

Hambrook Marshes

Highlight • Natural

Walks and cycles can go wrong here. 3miles to Chartham and 10 to Wye

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21.0 km

Westgate Towers

Highlight • Monument

A serene and peaceful part of the city, and yet somehow quite imposing as you cycle up to the massive stone gate. It's hard not to image the thousands of …

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21.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.43 km

4.86 km

3.39 km

2.19 km

1.07 km

439 m

Surfaces

7.19 km

7.10 km

2.93 km

2.09 km

1.64 km

428 m

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Bigbury Camp Hillfort – Westgate Tower Loop from Canterbury West

The George and Dragon

Fordwich Bridge

Crab and Winkle Way

Bigbury Camp hillfort

Tonford Manor — fortified house

Thanington Lakes on the Great Stour Way

Hambrook Marshes

Westgate Towers

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