Garden of England
Route: Dover to London & Dover to Hastings
Distance: Dover to London 113 miles. Dover to Hastings 52 miles.
The route follows the coast to the Cinque ports of Sandwich and Ramsgate to the north of Dover, and to Hythe and Romney to the south. The main bit passes through the historic Canterbury and then up the traffic free Crab and Winkle Way to the North Kent coast, thereafter following the south bank of the Medway and then the Thames estuaries. It follows the Thames Cycle Route from Dartford past the Thames Barrier finshing in Greenwich.
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Links with the Downs and Weald Cycle Route.
PLEASE NOTE: The Garden of England Cycle Route map is now out of print.
The following maps cover sections of the route:
- Greenwich to the River Darent is covered on numbers 7 and 8 of the free Transport for London Cycling Maps, tel: 020 7222 1234 or use TFL's online order form.
- From the River Darent through Dartford to Gravesend is mapped on the Thurrock and Kent Thameside map available free from Sustrans, tel: 0845 113 0065 or download (pdf).
- Go Cycle Kent - You can download a cycling map of Kent showing all the National and Regional Cycle Routes in the county and the route of Stage 1 of the Tour de France 2007. Download from Go Cycle Kent website (pdf 7mb).
Free paper copies of this map are available by calling 08458 247 247 or you can add the map as a free item on our online shop. - Rye to Hastings on National Route 2 is mapped on the Cycle East Sussex Coastal Routes (pdf 2mb). Free paper copies of this map are available from East Sussex CC, tel: 01273 48100
If you have a copy of our Garden Of England Cycle Route map, you can download an update slip to the published map (pdf).