National Cycle Route 1, first stage, Dover-Canterbury-Rochester
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 76.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,755 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 1,755 ft
- Max elevation
- 405 ft
- TrailRank
- 60
- Min elevation
- 1 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 8 hours 25 minutes
- Coordinates
- 4898
- Uploaded
- May 22, 2017
- Recorded
- May 2017
near Dover, England (United Kingdom)
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Itinerary description
First stage of the National Cycle Route 1, from Dover to Rochester.
Route 1 is a long distance cycle route (1,695 miles) connecting Dover and the Shetland Islands via the east coast of England and Scotland.
Most of this section between Dover and Rochester is on road, with a few short streches traffic free.
The route, as described on the website http://www.sustrans.org.uk/, should be "fully signed", which is mostly true, but a few crossroads (and there are hundreds of them) have no visible signpost, or they are quite difficult to see while you are riding.
I would say the best choice for this route is a hybrid byke, as most of it goes on tarmac. Can be done as well with a mountain bike or a road bike.
Except for the initial climb to the white cliffs area near Dover, the whole trail is completly flat. On the other hand the wind may be quite exhausting when you travel against it. Therefore, if you can, better choose a calm day.
"Easy" route because it has no technical difficulties at all. And as you pass through several towns like Sandwich, Canterbury, Whitstable, Faversham, Sittingbourne, Rochester (all of them with train stations), you can make this stage as long or as short as you want.
Route 1 is a long distance cycle route (1,695 miles) connecting Dover and the Shetland Islands via the east coast of England and Scotland.
Most of this section between Dover and Rochester is on road, with a few short streches traffic free.
The route, as described on the website http://www.sustrans.org.uk/, should be "fully signed", which is mostly true, but a few crossroads (and there are hundreds of them) have no visible signpost, or they are quite difficult to see while you are riding.
I would say the best choice for this route is a hybrid byke, as most of it goes on tarmac. Can be done as well with a mountain bike or a road bike.
Except for the initial climb to the white cliffs area near Dover, the whole trail is completly flat. On the other hand the wind may be quite exhausting when you travel against it. Therefore, if you can, better choose a calm day.
"Easy" route because it has no technical difficulties at all. And as you pass through several towns like Sandwich, Canterbury, Whitstable, Faversham, Sittingbourne, Rochester (all of them with train stations), you can make this stage as long or as short as you want.
Waypoints
Waypoint
352 ft
Dover Castle
Waypoint
49 ft
Dover Priory
Waypoint
40 ft
Faversham
Waypoint
124 ft
Gillingham
Waypoint
18 ft
New Rochester Station
Waypoint
69 ft
Sittingbourne
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Hola. Hay muchas cuestas hacia arriba o es más bien llano todo?
Se puede subir la bici al tren sin desmontar?