On arrival at Canterbury, you will be met by a Walk Awhile tracker and taken to your first night’s accommodation close to the cathedral and the ancient city of Canterbury. The first afternoon allows time to explore historic Canterbury and visit the shrine of Thomas à Beckett.

The walk leaves Canterbury following the footsteps of the Pilgrims to the Kent coast. The journey crosses Watling Street at Bridge into the chalk down-lands of the Elham valley, passing Oswalds House where Joseph Conrad spent his retirement.

As the walk follows the course of the Nailbourne it passes through the picturesque villages of Elham and Lyminge, which provide rest breaks in the journey through the Elham valley. Leaving the white cliffs of Dover behind as it follows the North Downs, the route passes through the village of Postling where Conrad wrote Lord Jim, until the beautiful market town of Wye is reached.