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| Folkestone Walk from 'Walks for Each Season: 26 great days out in the countryside near London' |
Walk 7: Manningtree Circular
No 1. They’ve built a new multi-story car park at the
station. So turn right down the slope to the lower car park. Just before
you reach the vehicles ….
No 5. The Constable exhibition has moved, so you need to turn
right to reach it (before you reach the scene of the Hay Wain).
No 8. There is no longer a footpath post disguised or
otherwise.
No 9 At the end of this direction, there is no longer a
kissing gate so instead towards end of pond bear left following the footpath
and turn right onto a tarmac drive.
No 16. This addition is clearer …. turn left on the footpath,
go half right, diagonally across the field.
No 20. There is no longer a kissing gate, just a gap in the fence.
No 22. The path is longer than I imply and is flat initially.
Walk 8: Winchelsea to Hastings
Good news. The coast path has reopened! So, ignore nos.
20-22 and just continue along the coast path towards Hastings. You eventually
come up onto the grassy downland of East Hill. Continue ahead until you reach
the fire beacon in direction 23 and then the rest of the directions are fine.
Be mindful there are quite a few small changes, gates have
disappeared, stiles have been replaced with gates, the house in no 11. is
obscured, the bench in no 18. is no longer there.
Walk 9: Otford Circular
Close to the station, large water-filled cavities close to
the surface were discovered at Otford. Therefore, the first part of the walk is
therefore re-routed. Exit the platform as before and turn left instead of
right. Turn right at the main road and then take the first road on the right.
You’ll shortly arrive at direction 3 i.e. you pick up the North Downs Way
across the road.
No 5. The Kemsing Down notice board has been moved, it's now on the right.
No 6. Ignore the point about bench and valley view.
No 9. The tall footpath post has disappeared.
No 14. Follow the footpath sign ahead not the one that
directs you right.
No 15. Footpath post has disappeared.
No 20. The footpath sign doesn’t point to the church now. At
the footpath post take the path that leads into the churchyard.
Walk 10: Cuxton Circular
No 10. The following is clearer. Go right to the bottom of
the hill and take a sharp right before a metal field gate on the right.
No 11. This last sentence is clearer…. Ignore another left
turn and continue ahead. When the path bends to the right continue ahead
through gates into Kitchen field.
No 10. The England
Coast path sign has snapped off - turn
left at a post after first graffiti covered disused building.
No 13. The sign to the Four Seasons Nature Trail hasn’t been
replaced. Turn left at a large square danger signpost.
No 17. The path to the green and signpost have disappeared.
So, after Martello tower, continue on the road and turn left onto the green
after wooden shed, before the busier road.
Walk 12: Frinton-on-Sea to Walton-on-the-Naze
No 17. The banks have eroded. So now, towards the end of
this direction after the shallow pool. At the end of the pool a bramble bank
juts out a little. Continue on, past an inlet to a raised causeway with a little
tern information board on the top. Climb up the causeway and follow the path to
the sea wall.
Walk 13: Shoreham to Eynesford
No 3. A new permissive path has opened. So now, Turn right
along the road. Shortly after the railway bridge follow the permissive path
on the right, parallel to the road.
No 4. Replaced with - At the end of the field, follow the path right. You
soon reach a flint wall, turn left through the gate with a Commonwealth War
Graves sign nearly, into the churchyard, walk between yew trees and exit the
other side.
No 5. This is clearer ‘At the end of the first golf club
car park, turn right along the footpath, go through the gate and follow the
main track.
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