These routes consist of seven walks of varying lengths. Each section offers the walker something different – from the atmospheric marshland between Cliffe and High Halstow, the busy streets of Rochester and Chatham to the stunning estuary views along the riverside path from lower Gillingham.

  • Cliffe to Cooling
    • Estimated time: about 2 1/2 hours
    • Distance: 6.3 miles (10.1km)

  • Cooling to High Halstow (Fenn Corner)
    • Estimated time: about 2 hours
    • Distance: 3.6 miles (5.7km)

  • High Halstow to Hoo
    • Estimated time: about 2 hours / 1 1/2hrs*
    • Distance: 4.2 miles (6.7km) / 3.3 miles (5.3km)*
  • Hoo to Upnor
    • Estimated time: about 1 hour both routes
    • Distance: 2.21 miles (3.5km) / 1.85 miles (2.9km)*
  • Upnor to Strood
    • Estimated time: about 50mins
    • Distance: 1.9 miles (3km)
  • Rochester (via Chatham) to Gillingham
    • Estimated time: about 2 hours
    • Distance: 4.6 miles (7.4km)

Walking the Saxon Shore Way through Medway

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Linked leaflet was designed and produced in 2008 by Medway Council’s Communications Team. Header image: Saxon Shore Way by the River Medway by Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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