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North Downs Way

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United Kingdom246 km · 153 mi

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PT

Wed 11

Heavy drizzle

9°C / 8°C

96% · 7.5 mm

Wind 16 km/h

Poor

Thu 12

Overcast

8°C / 3°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 20 km/h

Good

Fri 13

Clear sky

6°C / 0°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 18 km/h

Good

Sat 14

Overcast

8°C / -1°C

3% · 0.0 mm

Wind 10 km/h

Good

Sun 15

Drizzle

11°C / 4°C

90% · 4.8 mm

Wind 19 km/h

Poor

Mon 16

Heavy drizzle

11°C / 5°C

27% · 6.0 mm

Wind 26 km/h

Fair

Tue 17

Light rain

7°C / 4°C

71% · 10.5 mm

Wind 18 km/h

Poor

Route

No route line in this build. This is a very long route, so only its start point is used.

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About this trail

The North Downs Way National Trail is a long-distance path in South East England, opened in 1978. It runs from Farnham in Surrey to Dover in Kent, past Guildford, Dorking, Merstham, Otford and Rochester, through the Surrey Hills National Landscape and the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

From the Wikipedia article “North Downs Way”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trail facts

Length
246 km · 153 mi (OpenStreetMap distance tag)
Countries
United Kingdom
Continent
Europe
Trail point
51.30000, 0.40000 (Wikidata coordinate)
OSM network
National walking network
Operator (OSM)
National Trails
Wikidata
Q2000593
OpenStreetMap
relation 1957071

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Photo: “North Downs Way near Hollingbourne 1.JPG” by GkgAlf at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

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