Canterbury Outer Ring Walk
Loop Walk · Kent
700
XP
about 7 h 28 min walking
600 m
300 m
0 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
Hilly walk
2 steep stretches — marked on the map.
Climb
382 m
Drop
377 m
Highest
110 m
Lowest
4 m
Walking time
about 7 h 28 min
Which way round
Clockwise: Easy first 11.3 km, climbs 12% for 280 m midway, comes down 14% for 320 m midway.
Anticlockwise: Easy first 14.2 km, climbs 14% for 320 m midway, comes down 12% for 280 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 19.1–20.0, from 84 m to 13 m.
How the 34.2 km splits
Flat
22.6 km
Climbing
5.6 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.3 km
Descending
5.3 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
0.3 km
Elham Valley Way
Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 8.535.15 km
Great Stour Way
Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 19.25.07 km
North Downs Way
Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 8.6, 22.3254.21 km
Augustine Camino
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.7, 22.2104.6 km
Stour Valley Walk
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.8, 19.2, 21.286.4 km
Southwark to Canterbury
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 22.2132.28 km
Otford to Canterbury Cathedral
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 22.295.04 km
Crab & Winkle Way
Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 26.79.39 km
Kent County Council Centenary Walk
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 21.29.43 km
Red Trail
Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 25.2, 25.64.36 km