Birley’s – St Stephen’s Road –  Broad Oak Road –Vauxhall Road – Sturry Road – Reed Avenue -Dickens Avenue – Shelley Avenue  – Forrester Close – Brymore Road – Military Road –  Council Offices – Chaucer Road – Law Courts – St Martin’s Road – North Holmes Road – Littlebourne Road- Spring Lane – Footpath alongside Canterbury College  – St Augustine’s Road – New Dover Road – St Lawrence Road- Up  Old Dover Road – Nackington Road – Back of Cricket ground – Through Hospital –  South Canterbury Road – Nunnery Road – Oxford Road-  Guildford Road Footpath to Hollowmede – Hollow Lane – Wincheap: use pelican crossing to the right of the end of Hollow Lane – Cow Lane – Simmonds Road  – Wincheap  – Underpass to Castle Street – Rosemary Lane – Stour Street (start optional last mile fast)- St Peter’s Street – St Peter’s Lane – Causeway – Station Road West – Under Railway Bridge – Footpath right immediately after railway bridge to St Stephen’s Court – St Stephen’s Road –  Birley’s  (B = 7.8 miles/12.5 km approx)

The following map shows the route with the numbered markers being in kilometres. You can move the cursor over the elevation map to give an animation of the route.