Challock - Pilgrim's Way - Charing

Challock is located only 10 minutes away from the M2, Jct 6 toward Ashford or can be accessed from Jct 9 of the M20.

The proposed route starts from King's woods car park, just outside Challock.
This route is a mixture of off-road and quiet roads. This is a nice introduction to off road cycling as there is no major difficulties.Beware as the pilgrim's way can get slippery and hard going when wet.

After a quick ride in King's Wood, cross the A252 toward Howlett's farm. After crossing the A251 at Pested Farm, the bridleway gets really rocky on the downhill section. On joining the road, straight ahead and follow the lane to heel farm. The bridleway is not easy to find but go across the farm and along the field. Cross the road and follow the bridleway up to woodsell then toward Cornhill farm. On joining the road, turn right and follow it up to Riggshill farm. Turn left onto the bridleway. At the bridleway junction, keep left. Turn right on the road for 800m and left at waterditch farm. The track steepens rapidly, so be careful as it is often use by horses. This very fast downhill ends brutally onto the Pilgrim's way, so make sure you stop before going OTB into the bushes. At the T junction, turn left and enjoy the fast rolling North Downs Way to Charing Hill. Cross the main road (A252) and follow it until Burnt House Farm, just before the quarry. This is the toughest part of the ride with a steep climb in the woods toward and along the gliding field. After passing the gliding club, you reach the A252 again. Turn left and follow the main road to Challock and back to the car park

This is also a good warm up for a longer route where you follow the NDW all the way to Wye and carry onto the Chilham route (45/50 miles).

Route Information

Start/Finish	Challock / King's wood car park (TR 02384 49951)
Distance	30 Km
Time	2.5 - 3 hours
Rating	Easy / Moderate
Map	OS Explorer series (1:25,000) 137, Ashford, Headcorn, Chilham & Wye.

Cloud Chamber in King's woods