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Canterbury Outer Ring Walk

Loop Walk · Kent

700

XP

about 7 h 28 min walking

Strenuous
34.22 km
Loop
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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.

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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

Link it with other walks

Elham Valley Way

Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 8.5

35.15 km

Great Stour Way

Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 19.2

5.07 km

North Downs Way

Shares 0.8 km of path · meets at km 8.6, 22.3

254.21 km

Augustine Camino

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.7, 22.2

104.6 km

Stour Valley Walk

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 0.8, 19.2, 21.2

86.4 km

Southwark to Canterbury

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 22.2

132.28 km

Otford to Canterbury Cathedral

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 22.2

95.04 km

Crab & Winkle Way

Shares 0.6 km of path · meets at km 26.7

9.39 km

Kent County Council Centenary Walk

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 21.2

9.43 km

Red Trail

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 25.2, 25.6

4.36 km

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