THE NORTH DOWNS WAY
by
Kev Reynolds
2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY
About the Author
Kev Reynolds is a prolific compiler of guidebooks whose first title for Cicerone Press (Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978 and is still in print. He has written and illustrated more than 50 books, including numerous guides to the Alps, a series on Himalayan trekking, various books on the Pyrenées, and guides to three major National Trails – the North Downs Way, South Downs Way and the Cotswold Way – as well as guides to day walks in Kent, Sussex and the South Downs National Park. A member of the Alpine Club, Austrian Alpine Club and Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, Kev lives below the greensand hills of Kent – the centre of his spiritual universe. His passion for the countryside began almost before he could walk and remains undiminished after a lifetime of activity, and he regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures. Check him out on www.kevreynolds.co.uk
Other Cicerone guides by the author
Abode of the Gods
A Walk in the Clouds
The South Downs Way
The Cotswold Way
Walking in Sussex
Walking in Kent
Walks in the South Downs National Park
Walking in the Alps
Trekking in the Alps
Trekking in the Himalaya
Trekking in the Silvretta and Rätikon Alps
100 Hut Walks in the Alps
Tour of the Oisans: GR54
Tour of the Vanoise
Tour of Mont Blanc
Tour of the Jungfrau Region
Alpine Pass Route
Chamonix to Zermatt: The Walker's Haute Route
Écrins National Park
Walking in Austria
Walks in the Engadine
Walking in the Valais
The Bernese Alps
Ticino – Switzerland
Central Switzerland
Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees
The Pyrenees
Langtang, Helambu & Gosainkund: a Trekker's Guide
Kangchenjunga: a Trekker's Guide
Manaslu: a Trekker's Guide
© Kev Reynolds 2017
Third edition 2017
ISBN: 978 1 85284 861 3
Second edition 2011
First edition 2001
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Printed in China on behalf of Latitude Press Ltd
All photographs by the author
Updates to this Guide
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Front cover: Quintessential Kent: oasthouses on the Canterbury loop
CONTENTS
Stage 2 Guildford to the Mole Valley (A24)
Stage 3 Mole Valley to Merstham
Stage 4 Merstham to Westerham Hill
Stage 5 Westerham Hill to Wrotham
Stage 6 Wrotham to the Medway
Stage 7 The Medway to Detling
Stage 8 Detling to Harrietsham
Stage 9 Harrietsham to Boughton Lees
Stage 10 Boughton Lees to Etchinghill
Stage 11 Etchinghill to Dover
Stage 10a Boughton Lees to Canterbury
Stage 11a Canterbury to