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White Cliffs Group

We are the White Cliffs Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

Meet and park on Dover Road, Tilmanstone. (Please note the Dover Road runs parallel to the A256 (Eastry Bypass). It is best approached from the Whitfield end of the A256 by turning off at the Barville Road roundabout then taking an immediate right onto Dover Road).

This circular walk will be via North Court, Tilmanstone, across the old disused railway track to Eastry and up the Black Lane byway towards St Clements Church, Knowlton which was the private Chapel of Knowlton Court and later a parish Church. From Knowlton we follow footpaths towards Elvington and back to Tilmanstone.

(When the PROW was reinstated recently from the top of the Black Lane to St Clements Church, supporting evidence for its reinstatement suggests that it was part of the main route from Canterbury to Deal in the past).

 

Approx finish 13:30

Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
1:30 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
10.5km / 6.5mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
circular

Starting point

Grid reference:
TR 30553 51051
Nearest postcode:
CT14 0JU
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Start time:
10:00 am

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking