Big Blean Walk
A 29-mile long distance footpath which explores the open countryside and woodlands of the area of Kent which lies just off Canterbury. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: TR 052 572
Distance: 29 miles (47 km)
Time: 12–15 hours
Duration: 1–3 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
149 Sittingbourne and Faversham
150 Canterbury, Isle of Thanet, Herne Bay, Deal and Whitstable
Summary
The Big Blean Walk is a waymarked walking route which explores the Blean Woods, north of Canterbury. The walk was opened in May 2012. Throughout the walk there are 18 interpretive panels which promote The Blean to visitors and locals and which invite people to explore the history and nature of The Blean. The walk was developed by the Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership as a member of the Blean Initiative, which is a partnership of landowners, local authorities, parish councils, conservation bodies, and community groups that look after and promote The Blean. The Big Blean Walk is part-funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Kent Wildlife Trust, and the European Community-sponsored Landscape and Nature for All Project. Places visited during the walk, which begins and ends at Selling Station on the Chatham Main Line, include Court Wood, Dunkirk (Boughton under Blean), Blean Woods National Nature Reserve, Clay Hill, Clowes Wood, West Blean Wood, East Blean Wood, Tyler Hill, Harbledown, Rough Common, Chartham Hatch, and Denstem Wood.