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Lyminge Forest – View from Wye Downs loop from Canterbury West

Lyminge Forest – View from Wye Downs loop from Canterbury West

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5.0

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Lyminge Forest – View from Wye Downs loop from Canterbury West

03:45

58.5km

540m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 23, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 9 m for 10 m

After 58.5 km for 10 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.07 km

St Martin's Church, Canterbury

Highlight • Religious Site

St. Martin’s Church in Canterbury is the oldest church in the English-speaking world that is still in use. This historic church, located just outside the city centre, dates back to …

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13.6 km

Charlton Wood

Forest

18.4 km

Covert Wood

Forest

27.3 km

Lyminge Forest Track

Highlight • Trail

Great track, often muddy

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27.7 km

Lyminge Forest

Highlight • Forest

Good mix of fireroads, gravel and singletrack trails. Can get busy at weekends with walkers and horse riders but head away from the car park at Westwood to Elhampark Wood …

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28.0 km

West Wood

Highlight • Trail

Remote thick wooded trails best ridden in the Dry

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37.5 km

Grassy Descent in Kent Downs National Landscape

Highlight • Trail

Nice fast descent to the bottom, before a big old climb back up to the road/NDW

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38.5 km

View from Wye Downs

Highlight • Natural

Claggy when wet!

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47.2 km

Pilgrims Cycle Trail

Highlight • Trail

A really nice, mainly compacted gravel trail, meaning you can get off the tarmac for a few miles. The section approaching Godmersham can get very overgrown with nettles in the summer.

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52.9 km

Great Stour Way Through Hambrook Marshes

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Stunning Riverside ride along this section of cycle route 18.

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58.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.7 km

14.3 km

9.12 km

5.25 km

4.08 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.7 km

17.0 km

10.7 km

5.54 km

1.48 km

129 m

Elevation

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Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Thursday 7 May

18°C

6°C

2 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Lyminge Forest – View from Wye Downs loop from Canterbury West

St Martin's Church, Canterbury

Lyminge Forest Track

Lyminge Forest

West Wood

Grassy Descent in Kent Downs National Landscape

View from Wye Downs

Pilgrims Cycle Trail

Great Stour Way Through Hambrook Marshes

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