2: Kent, Sussex, Hants

Ruth’s Coastal Walk: South East section, 9th October 2010 – September 2011
[previous section – Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex]

Kent

Stage Route Overview Miles Total
31 Gravesend to Egypt Bay River and Forts 15 367
32 Eygpt Bay to Allhallows Lost in marshland 7 374
33 Allhallows to Hoo St Werburgh Mud and power stations 10 384
34 Hoo St Werburgh to Rochester Medway 10 394
35 Gillingham to Upchurch Industrial views 7 401
36 Upchurch to Sittingbourne Rural and Industry mixed 15 416
37 Sittingbourne to Teynham Muddy shore 7 423
38 Teynham to Faversham Marsh and mud 12 435
39 Faversham to Whitstable Marsh and coast 12 447
40 Whitstable to Birchington Seaside paths 12 459
41 Birchington, Margate, Joss Bay Resorts and beaches 8 467
42 Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Sandwich Beaches and bays 12 479
43 Sandwich, Deal, St Margaret’s Beaches and cliffs 12 491
44 St Margaret’s to Dover White Cliffs 4 495
45 Dover, Folkestone, Hythe White Cliffs and France 12 507
46 Hythe to Lydd-on-Sea Ranges and Promenade 11 518
47 Dungeness to Lydd Shingle 13 531

Sussex

48 Lydd to Rye Kitesurfing and sand 12 543
49 Rye to Hastings Cliffs 12 555
50 Hastings to Bexhill Shingle 8 563
51 Bexhill to Eastbourne Martello Towers 9 572
52 Eastbourne to Seaford Beachy Head 13 585
53 Seaford to Brighton Cliff tops 14 599
54 Brighton to Southwick Promenade 5 604
55 Southwick, Worthing, Ferring Shingle beaches 10 614
56 Ferring to Littlehampton More shingle 8 622
57 Littlehampton to Bognor Regis More shingle 10 632
58 Pagham, Selsey, Bracklesham Marsh and shingle 11 643
59 East Wittering to Bosham Beach, marsh and woods. 11 654
60 Bosham to Prinsted Peninsula of mud 7 661
61 Thorney Island to Langstone Wide open harbours 13 674

Hampshire

62 Langstone to Portsmouth Around wide harbour 10 684
63 Portsmouth Old Portsmouth and Spinnaker 6 690
64 Gosport to Warsash Promenade and shingle 10 700
65 Warsash to Southampton Southampton Water 8 708
66 Hythe, Fawley Woods and power station 8 716
67 Calshot, Beaulieu Roads and New Forest 12 728
68 Buckler’s Hard, Lymington, Keyhaven Roads and coast 14 742
69a Keyhaven to Hurst Castle Ferry ride 0 742
69b Hurst Castle to Christchurch Shingle and erosion 10 752

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3 Responses to 2: Kent, Sussex, Hants

  1. Pat blower says:
    March 19, 2018 at 12:27 pm

    Ruth, hi have come across your blog recently. Inspiring. I’m following in your footsteps but way behind you. I started on the Sw coast path in 2004 and only manage around 150 miles a year owing to work and family commitments. But it’s the journey that counts I guess, not the arrival.
    I note that you haven’t walked since October last great. Are you still doing it?
    Best wishes
    Patrick

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    • Ruth Livingstone says:
      March 28, 2018 at 11:06 am

      Hi Pat. Apologies for the delay in replying, but I’ve been quite ill with one of those winter fluey-bugs and couldn’t even raise the energy to turn my computer on!
      Well done for starting on the SWP, one of the hardest parts of my coastal walk, especially that north Cornwall stretch around Bude – oh my goodness, don’t know how I did that!
      Only 150 miles a year? No need to worry. It’s hard fitting in trips around work and family, but it really is the journey that’s important. And the coast isn’t going away, so you have plenty of time to enjoy it.
      I’ve done a few days walking in Feb, but not been well enough to write it up… so, yes, I’m still doing it. Best wishes and Happy Walking 😀

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