Independent Trails: Fact File NDWSB
North Downs Way
Trail Facts
Total Distance: 18 ½ miles (29.5 km)
Duration: 3 nights, 2 walking days
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 8 miles (13 km)/10 ½ miles (17 km)
Waymarking: The North Downs Way is very clearly waymarked and is very easy to follow.
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Canterbury
End of holiday: Dover
Tour code: NDWSB
Itinerary
Day 1: Travel to Canterbury
Day 2: Canterbury to Shepherdswell 10 ½ miles (17 km)
Day 3: Shepherdswell to Dover 8 miles (13 Km)
Day 4: Depart from Dover
What’s included?
- 3 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
- Traditional cooked breakfast.
- Door to door luggage transfer.
- Maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
- An information pack containing an itinerary, instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
- Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
- Emergency assistance
Travel information
Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.
Most convenient railway station (start of trail): Canterbury
Most convenient railway station (end of trail): Dover