West Beach, Whitstable

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.2 km E · spans 24 counties

Working oyster town of weatherboarded fishermen's huts, seafood shacks and a long shingle beach.

1.2 km NE · Kent

Thames Estuary island with Minster Abbey, clay cliffs full of fossils, the Elmley marshes' birds and Leysdown's beaches

4.7 km NW

Edwardian terraced gardens with a Japanese rock garden and a hillside vineyard.

6.7 km SW

Pilgrim country: orchards, vineyards and chalk downs between Farnham and the white cliffs of Dover.

8.4 km S · Kent & Surrey

Market town of some 500 listed buildings around a creek, home to Shepherd Neame, Britain's oldest brewer.

9.2 km SW · Kent