This is a really nice route for anyone visiting the UK via The Channel Tunnel (Eurostar), it can also be joined from Folkestone. The route travels through the beautiful Kent countryside known as the Garden of England because of produce that is grown here. The route will take you through lovely little villages where some cottages are half hung with roof tiles or clad with painted white wooden weather-boarding, typical for these old Kent villages.
You have the option to visit Sissinghurst Castle and Garden.
Sissinghurst Castle is most famous for its garden, in fact it is world famous, thousands of visitors a year come to Sissinghurst to admire the beauty. The gardens are packed with different flower species to admire, and even after seeing the many garden rooms, there's more to explore on the wider estate. The National Trust recommends taking a circular walk to discover the highlights of the whole estate, which include a 16th-century tower and the Castle Farm. A charge of £11 is made to non National Trust members.
Another typically Kentish building you will see are Oast Houses. They were used to dry hops for the process of making beer and while mentioning beer, this route will take you past the Shepherd Neame Brewery in Faversham where they have been brewing beer since 1698, making it Britain's oldest brewery.
From here the route goes to the old harbour town of Whitstable. This is a great place to stop for some lunch and if you like fish and seafood, then you are in for a treat.
The Whitstable Oyster Company can trace its origins back to the 1400s; indeed, it is one of the oldest companies in Europe and has a long, rich history of farming the famous Royal Whitstable Native Oyster. But Whitstable oysters go even further back, almost two thousand years, to when the Romans discovered them and, regarding them as a delicacy, shipped them back live to Rome.
Along the coast there are some great views out to sea. On a clear day you can see The Red Sands Towers. These were built during the second world war to protect the Thames Estuary and were heavily armed. Further along the coast, you will see the imposing twin towers of the medieval church at Reculver that dominates the skyline of Herne Bay, acting as a navigation marker for ships at sea. This was also the site of one of the earliest Roman forts built against Saxon raids on the 'Saxon Shore'. It was here that during the second World War, Sir Barnes Wallis tested his theory for the 'bouncing bomb'.
From here, the route heads south crossing the Great Stour river at the pretty village of Fordwich and back to the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone.
Enjoy.