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Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from Birchington-on-Sea

Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from Birchington-on-Sea

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Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from Birchington-on-Sea

01:13

25.5km

90m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 13.5 km for 235 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.63 km

Westgate-on-Sea Beach Sunset View

Highlight • Viewpoint

A wonderful winters sunset was recorded here as we tried to make it Ramsgate before it got too cold!

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5.55 km

Cliff Road Coastal Path

Highlight • Viewpoint

It can be very windy so plan your route direction with the wind behind and fly along the seafront promenades. If you find yourself against the wind there are more sheltered paths to link up to joining back onto the residential roads and cycle paths.

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6.94 km

Minnis Bay Beach and Coastal Path

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Take the Thanet Coastal Path along the seafront at Minnis Bay and take in the beach huts, white cliffs and holidaymakers. The concrete cycle path feels somewhat incongruent with the scenery and no doubt wouldn't be built now, but it does make for a good pedal along the beach.

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9.65 km

Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path

Highlight • Cycleway

On a beautiful day this is a wonderful ride but if it's blowing a gale you'd better hope it's a tailwind. Also although I've chosen a road bike there are some great tracks for an MTB

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9.89 km

Beach

13.6 km

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

Highlight • Monument

King Aethelberht I of Kent( c.590-616 AD) was the first king to convert to Christianity in 601 AD after the arrival of St Augustine and the Gregorian mission in 597 AD. The medieval minster or monastery dedicated to St Mary's, with its landmark twin towers, was founded on the site of a Roman fort at Reculver. The connection with the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Kent started at Reculver when King Ecgberht I gave the land over to a priest named Bassa in 669 AD. Eadberht II, was also buried here in the 760s. The minster became a parish church on the death of William the Conqueror in 1087 when churches and other properties were returned to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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15.7 km

Hillborough Church and Cemetery

Highlight • Religious Site

Quiet windswept Graveyard surrounds the Church. Built between 1876 and 1878, it is the second such church on its site. The first, consecrated in 1813, was a replacement for a church of St Mary that was founded in 669 .

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17.9 km

Minnis Bay Coastal Path

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This is an easy access walk, suitable for bikes, buggies and wheelchairs

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25.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.1 km

5.28 km

4.05 km

475 m

300 m

286 m

Surfaces

14.4 km

10.7 km

188 m

153 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 27 May

27°C

15°C

0 %

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Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from Birchington-on-Sea

Westgate-on-Sea Beach Sunset View

Cliff Road Coastal Path

Minnis Bay Beach and Coastal Path

Reculver Sea Wall Coastal Path

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

Hillborough Church and Cemetery

Minnis Bay Coastal Path

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