Hiking routes around Folkestone

5 national and international routes pass within 15 km, among them North Downs Way (254 km). European long distance path E9 passes through Folkestone: 274 sections with 9,376 km mapped in all, 42 km of them within 15 km. European long distance path E2 west passes through Folkestone: 56 sections with 4,093 km mapped in all, 38 km of them within 15 km. Of the routes listed here, the longest is Saxon Shore Way, 262 km from Gravesend to Hastings. International routes account for the largest share: 106 of the 275 km of waymarked route within 15 km. Most of the 10 local routes are short walks: 10 of them are under 10 km. Operators named on the routes listed here include ERA-FERP-EWV, European Ramblers Association and National Trails.

• North Downs WayNational51 km within 15 km · 254 km in all · Farnham to DoverNational Trails
• European long distance path E9International · E9 · 274 sections42 km within 15 km · 9,376 km in allERA-FERP-EWV
• Saxon Shore WayRegional40 km within 15 km · 262 km in all · Gravesend to Hastings
• European long distance path E2 westInternational · E2 · 56 sections38 km within 15 km · 4,093 km in allEuropean Ramblers Association
• England Coast PathNational · ECP · 60 sections36 km within 15 km · 2,408 km in all
• Via FrancigenaInternational · VF · 49 sections26 km within 15 km · 3,180 km in all
• Elham Valley WayRegional24 km within 15 km · 35 km in all
• Miner's Way TrailRegional4.5 km within 15 km · 47 km in allWhite Cliffs Countryside Project
• Visitor Centre to Fan Bay Deep Shelter and South Foreland Lighthouse Circiular Trail, White CliffsLocal3.5 km within 15 km · about 4.9 km in all
• Dover Cruise Terminal to National Trust White Cliffs Visitor Centre Walking Trail, White CliffsLocal3.4 km within 15 km · Dover Cruise Terminal - OS Grid Ref: TR 31880 40326, lat/long 51.115588N, 1.312150E, postcode CT17 9TF to Visitor Centre - OS Grid Ref: TR 33594 42217, Postcode CT16 1HJ. Lat/long 51.131606, 1.337656
• Visitor Centre to Dover Castle Trail, White CliffsLocal2 km within 15 km · National Trust Visitor Centre, CT16 1HJ. OS Grid Ref: TR 336 422. Latitude/Longitude: 51.131567N, 1.337233E to Ticket Hut, Dover Castle, Castle Hill, Dover, CT16 1HU. OS Grid Ref: TR324 416. Latitude/Longitude: 51.126961N, 1.320701E.
• Visitor Centre to Langdon Stairs Trail, White CliffsLocal1.5 km within 15 km · Visitor Centre, CT16 1HJ. TR 3363 4221. to Visitor Centre, CT16 1HJ. TR 34501 424478.

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 15 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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