North Downs Way Overview

The North Downs Way is a 153 mile National Trail running from Farnham in Surrey to Dover in Kent. This comprises a trail from Farnham to Dover of about 123 miles, and the Canterbury Loop of about 34 miles. (NB I computed the latter two figures by totalling the distances for the 15 individual sections given in the official PDF guides on the National Trail web site. The two totals (153 miles and 157 miles) are not consistent. Also, I reckon from my own GPS measurements, these could be an underestimate by up to 10%.)

So far, I have only completed the Farnham-Dover trail. The map shows this Trail, and my individual walks, followed by a list of links to the blog posts for each walk.

Here is a summary of walk blogs for the complete walk from Farnham to Dover (I have not yet done the Canterbury loop - watch this space.). The distances are computed from my own GPS measurements, and include the mileages from and to the specified start and finish points.

Farnham to Guildford: start, Farnham Station; finish Guildford Station; 15 miles

Guildford to Dorking: (Wey to Mole); start, Guildford Station; finish Dorking Station (or others); 14 miles

Mole to Betchworth Station: start, Stepping Stones; finish, Betchworth Station; 4 miles

NB The previous and next walks could easily be combined into a single walk, Mole to Merstham; 12 miles

Betchworth Station to Merstham: start, Betchworth Station; finish Merstham Station, 8 miles

Merstham to Oxted: start, Merstham Station, NDW to Oxted Downs, finish, Oxted Station, 11 miles

Oxted to Dunton Green: start, Oxted Station, finish, Dunton Green Station, 13 miles

Dunton Green to Wrotham: start, Dunton Green Station, finish, Borough Green and Wrotham Station, 13 miles

Wrotham to Cuxton: start, Borough Green and Wrotham Station, finish Cuxton Station, 14 miles

Cuxton to Detling: start, Cuxton Station, finish Bearsden Station, 15 miles

Detling to Lenham, start, Bearsden Station; finish Lenham Station; 13.5 miles

Lenham to Wye: start Lenham Station; finish Wye Station; 13 miles

Wye to Tolsford Hill: start, Wye free car park; finish, Sandling Station; 14 miles

Tolsford Hill to Capel-le-Ferne: start, Tolsford Hill car park, finish Battle of Britain Memorial (return to start by bus); 8 miles walking

Capel-le-Ferne to Dover: Start, Folkestone Station, bus to Capel, finish Dover Priory Station; 8 miles walking