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Cosway Memorial, Bilsington – Cosway Monument loop from Bilsington

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Cosway Memorial, Bilsington – Cosway Monument loop from Bilsington

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Cosway Memorial, Bilsington – Cosway Monument loop from Bilsington

02:47

10.7km

80m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 9, 2026

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Kent Downs National Landscape

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26 m

Cosway Obelisk, St Peter and St Paul Church, and The White Horse Pub, Bilsington

Highlight • Settlement

Bilsington is an old village with plenty of history hidden in its folds. Its church, St Peter and St Paul, is 12th-century although large sections were rebuilt over the centuries. Next to it sits a 15th-century barn, lovingly taken care of, with its own medieval moat. It's now a spectacular wedding venue.

The monument that lies just to the east is the Cosway obelisk, built in the 1800s in honour of Sir William Cosway, a local landowner, who lost his life in a coach accident.

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141 m

Cosway Memorial, Bilsington

Highlight • Historical Site

Built in 1835 and grade 2 listed, was built for a local land owner.

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286 m

Cosway Monument

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Cosway Monument at Bilsington is a grade II listed building , erected in 1835 in memory of local landowner and philanthropist Sir William Richard Cosway, who was killed in a coaching accident nearby. He helped establish a school and supported reforms for agricultural workers in the area. Constructed from local Kent rag stone, the monument stands over fifty feet high and dominates the skyline for some distance

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666 m

St Peter and St Paul's Parish Church, Bonnington

Highlight • Historical Site

1.09 km

Field Path Beside the Canal

Highlight • Trail

Bumpy path but beautiful

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1.66 km

View of St Peter and St Paul's Church

Highlight • Viewpoint

Nice view from the canal

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2.35 km

Royal Military Canal

Highlight • Structure

2.78 km

St Rumwold's Church

Highlight • Religious Site

The first thing you might notice about this church is its name. There are only eight churches dedicated to St Rumwold in the entire country. Rumwold was a 7th-century infant saint, a child who only lived three days during which he repeatedly asserted that he was Christian and asked to receive Holy Communion. There are numerous other exceptionally mystifying tales about him.

Chatty babies aside, this church dates back to the 12th century, although much is 13th and 14th. It sits by itself, just south of the village of Bonnington, on the edge of Romney Marsh and by the Royal Military Canal.

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5.83 km

Park Wood

Forest

8.98 km

Dicker's Wood

Forest

10.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.40 km

3.08 km

1.82 km

359 m

Surfaces

7.54 km

1.47 km

972 m

350 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Sunday 12 July

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Cosway Memorial, Bilsington – Cosway Monument loop from Bilsington

Cosway Obelisk, St Peter and St Paul Church, and The White Horse Pub, Bilsington

Cosway Memorial, Bilsington

Cosway Monument

St Peter and St Paul's Parish Church, Bonnington

Field Path Beside the Canal

View of St Peter and St Paul's Church

Royal Military Canal

St Rumwold's Church

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