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Rochester Cathedral – Whitstable Harbour loop from Strood

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Rochester Cathedral – Whitstable Harbour loop from Strood

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Rochester Cathedral – Whitstable Harbour loop from Strood

06:26

109km

560m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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1.45 km

Rochester Cathedral

Highlight • Monument

Rochester Cathedral was founded in 604 AD and is the second oldest cathedral in England, after Canterbury Cathedral. The building you see today broadly dates from the 11th century. Inside, you can see a fine collection of medieval wall paintings and the Textus Roffensis, the only existing written copy of the first code of English law and one of the most important books in England.

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3.74 km

Cave Entrance

7.09 km

Ministry of Defence (MoD) Nuclear Waste Landfill

Forest

38.7 km

The Cafe by the Creek

Highlight • Cafe

Open Every Day, Monday - Sunday
April to October 10am - 4pm
November to March 10am - 3pm

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40.3 km

Faversham Gunpowder Mills on the Creek

Highlight • Monument

Faversham's position near the coast and on a navigable Creek was key in its success as a site for explosives production.

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40.4 km

Faversham Creek

Highlight • Viewpoint

Primarily a walking path with Gates and Fences, Can be Ridden, Muddy in the winter, Dusty in the summer. Can be accessed from Faversham or Oare for walks or rides in either direction along the Creek., Lookout for Bites to eat in the Shipyard Caravan Cafe and browse nautical antiques in the Shops after

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40.5 km

Market Place, Faversham

Highlight • Monument

Faversham Antiques Market is held in Market Place and Court Street. It is held on the first Sunday of every month

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40.8 km

Abbey Street, Faversham

Highlight • Historical Site

In the 12th century a highway was laid out as a grand approach to the Abbey which had survived Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries to become a residential area popular with anyone who owed their livelihood to the Creek, whether as merchant, craftsman or seaman.

Toward the end of the 19th century its middle-class residents started moving to new houses elsewhere in the town, and many of its properties became tenanted. The new occupiers were often much poorer than their predecessors. Landlords neglected the properties and so the street came to look 'down-at-heel'. Determination to build a 'brave new world' after the end of the Second World War encouraged local councils to sweep away houses that lacked modern amenities. Most of those in Abbey Street qualified, but they were also historic buildings of importance.

After intervention by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, an ingenious pioneering scheme launched by Faversham Borough Council in the late 1950s saved them from the fate that overtook many of their counterparts elsewhere. Apart from Arden's House (No 80), none of the properties is of outstanding national importance, and so they were not eligible for historic building repair grants. However, collectively they are of national importance, and so the first 'town scheme' was introduced to make them eligible. Most of them were bought by the council under slum-clearance powers, and their occupants re-housed elsewhere.

However, instead of being demolished the properties in Abbey Street were sold to sympathetic owners who covenanted with the council to restore them under the supervision of an architect with experience of historic building care. To cover its costs, the council made a slight profit on each - buying the smaller houses for about £250 each and then selling them for about £300.

In other historic towns, streets were being brutally widened, but in Abbey Street the carriageway was actually narrowed - the first in the UK - to reduce traffic nuisance. At the same time, the street was planted with trees.

Abbey Street is sometimes said to be the finest medieval street in southeast England. It is certainly a wonderful "gallery" of old buildings, mainly timber-framed. As already noted, the ace in the pack is Arden's House, one of the few surviving buildings of Faversham Abbey, and possibly its guesthouse. With 81 (Arden's Cottage), it originally formed a big "open courtyard" house. It dates from around 1450-1500, with remains of the Abbey outer gatehouse of c 1200, which spanned the street here.

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55.0 km

Whitstable Harbour

Highlight • Structure

There is a lovely little market at Whitstable Harbour. It has expanded enormously over the years and now has some really excellent, trendy restaurants as well as arts and crafts stalls where you can find some gems. There are also a number of very cheap stalls selling fresh fish and takeaway food just outside the market itself.

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72.3 km

Bysing Wood Road Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Short climb before the flats

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109 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

81.0 km

21.7 km

4.94 km

515 m

394 m

193 m

Surfaces

88.8 km

16.6 km

2.64 km

608 m

Elevation

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Rochester Cathedral – Whitstable Harbour loop from Strood

Rochester Cathedral

The Cafe by the Creek

Faversham Gunpowder Mills on the Creek

Faversham Creek

Market Place, Faversham

Abbey Street, Faversham

Whitstable Harbour

Bysing Wood Road Climb

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