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Minnis Bay Cycleway – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from Birchington-on-Sea

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Minnis Bay Cycleway – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from Birchington-on-Sea

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Minnis Bay Cycleway – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from Birchington-on-Sea

01:13

20.2km

80m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 16, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 8.23 km for 235 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.70 km

Minnis Bay Beach and Coastal Path

Highlight • Beach

Take the Thanet Coastal Path along the seafront at Minnis Bay and take in the beach huts, white cliffs and holidaymakers. The concrete cycle path feels somewhat incongruent with the scenery and no doubt wouldn't be built now, but it does make for a good pedal along the beach.

Tip by

3.25 km

Minnis Bay Cycleway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Minnie Bay cycle way

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3.59 km

Reculver Beach

Highlight • Beach

Great spot on the beach

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5.70 km

North Sea Wall (Viking Coastal Trail)

Highlight • Beach

The North Sea Wall is a perfectly flat stretch of the Viking Coastal Trail, bordered by a shingle beach and grazing marsh. Here you'll be able to spot coastal and marshland birds, including marsh harriers.

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7.60 km

North Sea Wall Freshwater Pond

Highlight • Lake

Here is the North Sea Wall freshwater pond often frequented with swans

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8.37 km

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

Highlight • Monument

King Aethelberht I of Kent( c.590-616 AD) was the first king to convert to Christianity in 601 AD after the arrival of St Augustine and the Gregorian mission in 597 AD. The medieval minster or monastery dedicated to St Mary's, with its landmark twin towers, was founded on the site of a Roman fort at Reculver. The connection with the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Kent started at Reculver when King Ecgberht I gave the land over to a priest named Bassa in 669 AD. Eadberht II, was also buried here in the 760s. The minster became a parish church on the death of William the Conqueror in 1087 when churches and other properties were returned to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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8.56 km

Reculver Play Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Reculver play park next to Hathats Coffee company. The playpark is accessible and really impressive. Disabled facilities, really good carpark access and the icing on the cake is the Hathats cafe.

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13.2 km

Potten Street Road

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Part of the inland section of the Viking Coastal Trail, Potten Street Road offers a peaceful cycling experience in St Nicholas-at-Wade. This scenic country lane winds through flat, open cornfields, showcasing a quintessential Kent landscape.

At the western end it joins a traffic-free path leading to the coastal trail at Reculver.

Tip by

20.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.71 km

5.64 km

1.76 km

1.66 km

1.21 km

241 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.1 km

7.21 km

1.35 km

345 m

288 m

Elevation

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Minnis Bay Cycleway – Reculver Towers and Roman Fort loop from Birchington-on-Sea

Minnis Bay Beach and Coastal Path

Minnis Bay Cycleway

Reculver Beach

North Sea Wall (Viking Coastal Trail)

North Sea Wall Freshwater Pond

Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

Reculver Play Park

Potten Street Road

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