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Southwark to Canterbury

Regional route132 km · 82 miBest Mar–Nov

Next nearby hike: Jubilee Walkway 0.8 mi · 1.2 kmExplore Medway →

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Best time to hike

Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 10–22 °C (50–72 °F)

  1. J7°2°58
  2. F8°2°42
  3. M10°3°45
  4. A13°5°46
  5. M16°8°52
  6. J19°11°47
  7. J22°13°45
  8. A21°13°53
  9. S18°11°55
  10. O14°8°71
  11. N10°5°65
  12. D7°3°60

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

Urban roads A3, A2 and A20 to Eynsford. Darent Valley Path to Otford. North Downs Way to Broughton Lees

OpenStreetMap (ODbL).

Trail facts

Mapped length
132 km · 82 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Best months
Mar–Nov
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Medway
Continent
Europe
Route type
Regional route
From / to
Southwark Cathedral → Canterbury Cathedral
Route centre
51.3466, 0.4941
Route start
51.5061, -0.0903
OpenStreetMap
relation 9486611
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Jubilee Walkway

0.8 mi · 1.2 km · Camden

Capital Ring

2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Westminster

Green Link Walk

2.4 mi · 3.8 km · Tower Hamlets

Thames Path - northern bank

4.3 mi · 6.9 km · Wandsworth

Jubilee Greenway

5.1 mi · 8.2 km · Greenwich

London Outer Orbital Path

12 mi · 19 km · Bexley

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