Walk 100
Communities are invited to join in the 100 miles for 100 years Heritage Lottery funded project’s county wide walking event on the weekend of 24th and 25th February 2018.
You will discover more about your town in the First World War, and find out where those who fought lived, went to school and worked. Using our self guided trail leaflets explore your neighbourhood to locate the shops where people registered their ration books, the pubs they used or the cinemas they went to.
Make sure your community is represented and receive a special edition pin badge to show you were part of this event.
We are holding events in Appledore, Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Deal, Dover, Gravesend, Great Chart, Herne Bay, Isle of Sheppey, Lydd, Maidstone, Margate, Ramsgate, Sevenoaks, Tenterden, Tonbridge and Westgate on Sea. Please see below for a timetable of all the events.
| Trail Location | Trail Venue | Trail Date |
| Appledore | Methodist Chapel, Appledore, Ashford TN26 2AF | Saturday 24 February 2018 10.30am – 2pm Guided walk at 11am
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| Ashford | County Square Shopping Centre, Elwick Rd, Ashford, TN23 1YB | Sunday 25 February 2018 11am-3pm
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| Canterbury | Garden Room, The Beaney, 18 High Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2RA | Sunday 25 February 2018 12.30pm-3.30pm
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| Dartford | Dartford Borough Museum, Market Street, Dartford, DA1 1EU | Sunday 25 February 2018 10am-2pm |
| Deal | Deal Town Hall, High St, Deal, CT14 6TR | Saturday 24 February 2018 Guided walks at 11.30am-12.00pm & 2pm-2.30pm (also open 11am-3pm for self-guided walks)
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| Dover | St Edmund’s Chapel, Dover, CT16 1BB | Sunday 25 February 2018 9.30am-3pm Guided walks on the hour from 10am to 2pm – book to avoid disappointment
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| Gravesend | Gravesend Library, Windmill Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1BE | Saturday 24 February 2018 11am-3pm
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| Great Chart | St Mary’s Church, The Street, Great Chart, Kent, TN23 3AY | Sunday 25 February 2018 Guided Walk from St Mary’s Church 30 minutes after morning service
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| Herne Bay | Herne Bay Heritage Centre, 12 William St, Herne Bay, CT6 5EJ | Saturday 24 February 2018 11am-3pm Guided walks: Saturday 12 noon from the Clocktower and Sunday 12 noon from the Railway Station
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| Isle of Sheppey | Blue Town Heritage Museum | Sunday 25 February 2018 12 noon-3pm
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| Lydd | All Saints Church Lydd, Park St, Lydd, TN29 9AY | Saturday 24 February 2018 10am-4pm
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| Maidstone | Maidstone Library, James Whatman Way, Maidstone, ME14 1LQ | Saturday 24 February 2018 11am-3pm
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| Margate | Margate Museum, Market Place, Margate Old Town, Margate, CT9 1ER | Sunday 25 February 2018 11am-1.30pm Sunday 25 February 2018 11.30am
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| Ramsgate | Ramsgate Maritime Museum, Clock House, Pier Yard, Royal Harbour, Ramsgate, CT11 8LS |
Saturday 24 February 2018 11am-3pm New 2 Guided walks: 12 noon and 1pm – meet at The Maritime Museum.
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| Sevenoaks | Sevenoaks Library, Buckhurst Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1LQ | Saturday 24 February 2018 11am-2.30pm
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| Tenterden | Tenterden Town Hall Foyer, High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AN | Saturday 24 February 2018 10am-2pm
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| Tonbridge | The Old Fire Station, Tonbridge, TN9 1BH | Saturday 24 February 2018 11am-3pm Guided Walks now fully booked
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| Westgate-on-Sea | Westgate-On-Sea Heritage Centre, 73 Sea Road, Westgate-On-Sea, CT8 8QG | Saturday 24 February 2018 Walking from St Saviours Church launch at 11.15 a.m. by Sir Roger Gale MP |
Get involved!
Will you be one of the 100 who walk your trail and receive the special edition pin badge?
Sign up today to participate in one of the guided walks. Alternatively you are welcome to come along on the day and participate in a self guided trail.
When you participate you will discover more about your town in the First World War and find out where those who fought lived, went to school and worked. Using our self guided trail leaflets explore your neighbourhood to locate the shops where people registered their ration books, the pubs they used or the cinemas they went to.
Make sure your community is represented and receive a special edition pin badge to show you were part of this event.
The trails are self guided, with some locations arranging a guided trail as shown above, and a central point where you can collect a trail map to guide yourself.
On each of the trails we are going to ask people to take a selfie to prove they have done the walk and also a selfie at the venue with our rather lovely poppies.. We are hoping to encourage people to tag their photographs and upload them to twitter as a Kent wide wall publicising the community resource the trails provide across Kent. Everyone who walks the trails and takes photos will be entitled to a Walk 100 pin. Our very ambitious aim is to have 100 people in each location walk their local trail over the week end.