activities

Cycling & walking:

The Crab and Winkle Cycle Way is a 7.5 mile mainly traffic-free route between Canterbury and Whitstable. Alternatively, cycle down the shoreline towards Herne Bay and beyond to Reculver Castle.

Blean Woods are the largest ancient woodlands in Kent. They surround a number of attractive villages with pubs, places to visit and local businesses where you can buy a range of local products. www.theblean.co.uk

Bike Hire: Whitstable Cycle Hire, 01227 263 907

Wildwood: Herne Common, Herne Bay, 0871 7820081, www.wildwoodtrust.org
At Wildwood you can come 'nose to nose' with the UK's biggest collection of wildlife. It offers a truly inspirational way for children and adults alike to learn about our active and once native wildlife.

Foraging: www.wildmanwildfood.com
Fergus Drennan, Wild Man of Food, runs one-day courses that will take you foraging around Canterbury and the local coastline.

Golf:
Whitstable & Seasalter Golf Club is a nine hole public course very close to the beach. Visitors are welcome. Call 01227 272 020 for green rates. An 18 hole course is also nearby in Chestfield.

If you are a watersports fan then you are spoilt for choice. Whitstable is the perfect location for learning to sail, kite, or windsurf and indeed most water sports. Gifted with a huge 5km bay that at low tide is shallow enough to stand up in to 500m out.

Sailing & Windsurfing: WYC, 01227 272 942, www.wyc.org.uk
Whitstable Yacht Club is one of the oldest and largest sailing clubs in England. WYC offers sailing in sheltered waters at all times of the tide for catamarans, dinghies, and windsurfers, with yachts in nearby creeks that dry out. The sailing and windsurfing school runs three hour taster sessions to full training courses.
 
Kite-surfing: Transition Kiteboarding, 0208 378 2138, ww.transitionkiteboarding.com
Established for many years, the trained instructors offer single day taster courses, three days and advanced courses. Transition Kiteboarding is the only BKSA / IKO school in Kent. the school has been established for many years and has a private teaching area in the bay sanctioned by the council and therefore safer for beginners.