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Sun 5th Oct 2025

Walk Details:

Event Details Updated
Note corrected Start/Finish location.
Event Type
Group Walk
Region
Southern England
Local Group
Kent
Distance
20ml.
Start Time
8:45
Route
Start from Higham rlwy stn c.p. (in Lower Higham - £4 parking charge on Sundays). Train from London Bridge leaving 7.29 arrives Higham at 8.36

A circular walk, the first half recreating the route taken by Pip, Joe, Mr Wopsle & the soldiers, in pursuit of the escaped convicts, Magwitch & Compeyson, in chapter 5: from the village, to the churchyard, then out onto the marshes in the direction of the old Battery, turning east & back to the head of Cliffe Creek where the convicts were found struggling at the bottom of a ditch, then across the marshes to Egypt Bay where the hulks were moored. Flat except for 630 ft of ascent around High Halstow & a walking pace of around 3 mph

General Notes
Lunch stop will be 12 miles in, at High Halstow Sports Field, where there also toilets available, &/or The Red Dog
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