Roger's Ancient and modern thoroughfare along the Medway Valley (18.5 miles) cir

This is a lovely 18.5 mile walk starting at Snodland Community Centre walking along the River Medway to Historic Aylesford where Hengest and Horsa fought the battle of Aylesford in 455 with a visit to Aylesford Priory (circa 1242) for a coffee stop (15 minutes), from there we continue to negotiate the Medway Valley before ascending onto the North Downs Way back towards the Medway towns. Over the Medway Bridge to Cuxton where we continue along the North Downs Way to Halling. We shall stop in Halling for a well earned rest, some food and drink (if you wish) at Court Farm, this is very much recommended!! This is the home of Moot Brewery and Tap room and has a pizzeria, a burger wagon or a butchers providing food (depending on their weekend rota). After this we walk the last 1.5 miles back to where we started.

There will be a lunch stop at approximately 10 miles on the North Downs Way. This will be by the side of a field with beautiful views, however there are no toilets or seats. Please make use of toilets at the Friars or Court Farm if needed and remember you can get food and drink at Court farm, with time allocated for this.

As you may expect this is a hilly walk with a total of 2037ft ascent across the walk. However there are only a few styles and it is predominantly on good hard surface. DOGS NOT ALLOWED ON THIS WALK BECAUSE OF LENGTH AND TIME OF YEAR.

NB: There is a £2 payment required for non-Ramblers Assoc. members to help cover our Meetup costs. Please help the walk leader by bringing the exact change.Ramblers members are welcome on any of our walks, but we would still encourage you to RSVP on Meetup. This will give our volunteer walk leaders an idea of how many are attending, and also keep the numbers manageable. If, on the day of the walk, you are still on the waiting list and a Ramblers member, you can attend - just let the walk leader know you are coming by adding a comment 'Coming as a Rambler'. You will find the start location via our website

[Our Walks (westkentwalkinggroup.org.uk)](https://www.westkentwalkinggroup.org.uk/our-walks.html).