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Bridge Over the Stour – Westgate Towers loop from Canterbury West

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South East England

Bridge Over the Stour – Westgate Towers loop from Canterbury West

Easy

4.5

(14)

88

riders

Bridge Over the Stour – Westgate Towers loop from Canterbury West

00:47

12.6km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 135 m for 69 m

After 9.60 km for 88 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

1

169 m

Gill's Café & Delicatessen at The Goods Shed

Highlight • Cafe

Brilliant coffee and pastries from Gill's and loads more great little shops like beer specialists and a butchery. Good outdoor seating too and bike friendly.

Tip by

2

234 m

The Goods Shed Food Hall

Highlight • Restaurant

The Goods Shed is an all day restaurant with grocery with own bakery, butchery and open kitchen

Tip by

3

1.36 km

Great Stour Way Through Hambrook Marshes

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Stunning Riverside ride along this section of cycle route 18.

Tip by

4

6.05 km

Chartham Village Green

Highlight • Settlement

Lying in the North Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Chartham is a gorgeous little village that looks like it's wandered out of a postcard. It's been a hub of paper making for hundreds of years thanks to the Great Stour river that the village sits on.

As you hike in the surroundings, you'll find farms, orchards and woodlands.

Tip by

5

6.45 km

Traditional Half-Timbered House in Chartham

Highlight • Historical Site

6

9.64 km

Bridge Over the Stour

Highlight • Bridge

Bridge between Hambrook and Thannington

Tip by

7

9.68 km

Thanington Lakes on the Great Stour Way

Highlight • River

Beside the cycle path this is well fenced in an maintained by a fishery

Tip by

8

12.2 km

Westgate Towers

Highlight • Monument

A serene and peaceful part of the city, and yet somehow quite imposing as you cycle up to the massive stone gate. It's hard not to image the thousands of travellers who have approached these gates over hundreds of years. Enjoy the calm canal scene and watch the punters pass by.

Tip by

B

12.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.20 km

5.14 km

1.48 km

482 m

191 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.01 km

5.07 km

262 m

115 m

101 m

< 100 m

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