The Canterbury Rings Project
To help everyone explore the riches of Canterbury’s countryside
The Canterbury Rings are a series of four circular walking trails in and around the Cathedral city of Canterbury. Our logo represents this with its circular design with the Anglo-Saxon Canterbury Cross at its centre, a symbol of the great centre of medieval pilgrimage at the heart of the trails.
When walking the routes, you will often catch glimpses of the Cathdral to remind you that you are continuing the great tradition of the pilgrims who flocked into East Kent to worship at the shrine of the “holie blissful martyr” St Thomas Beckett as described by Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales.
The Rings were completed in 2018. We hope you have as much fun exploring them as we had in their creation.
The Inner Ring
is an easy 2 mile urban path following the line of the City Walls
The Middle Ring
is a 10 mile route around the historic edge of the city
The Outer Ring
is a magnificent 20 mile Trail through the lovely countryside of the Stour Valley with a wealth of woodland, streams, and fascinating towns and villages
The Ethelbert Ring
named after the greatest King of Kent is an 80 mile journey linking the coastal Saxon Shore Way with a cross county trail through some of the finest landscape in South East England
The Rings were completed in 2018. We hope you have as much fun exploring them as we had in their creation.
