A guidebook to walking the North Downs Way National Trail, a 130 mile
(208km) walk between the high downland of Farnham and the historic city
of Dover on the Kent coast, with an optional visit to Canterbury.
The
route is described in 11 stages, and is fully illustrated with colour
photographs and OS map extracts. The North Downs Way is one of the
easier national trails with a modest number of steep (but short) ascents
and descents and long sections with no noticeable height gain or loss.
Several historic sites including Neolithic burial chambers, Roman roads
and Norman churches are passed and much of the route follows The
Pilgrims' Way.
The area also boasts many literary connections with some
of the most celebrated voices in English literature.
A separate
pocket-sized map booklet is included and shows the full route on
1:25,000 scale OS maps.
The North Downs Way
|
| Stage 1 Farnham to Guildford |
| Stage 2 Guildford to the Mole Valley (A24) |
| Stage 3 Mole Valley to Merstham |
| Stage 4 Merstham to Westerham Hill |
| Stage 5 Westerham Hill to Wrotham |
| Stage 6 Wrotham to the Medway |
| Stage 7 The Medway to Detling |
| Stage 8 Detling to Harrietsham |
Stage 9 Harrietsham to Boughton Lees
|
Direct Route to Dover via Wye
|
| Stage 10 Boughton Lees to Etchinghill |
Stage 11 Etchinghill to Dover
|
The Canterbury Loop
|
| Stage 10a Boughton Lees to Canterbury |
| Stage 11a Canterbury to Shepherdswell |
| Stage 12a Shepherdswell to Dover |
