There are 24 current and former places of Christian worship on the linear route of the Royal Saxon Way. As well as 16 parish churches, there is the redundant church at West Stourmouth, the former military church and chapel at Shorncliffe Camp, the ruined chapel at Well near Littlebourne, and the abbey site at Minster, now occupied by St Mildred’s Priory. In Lyminge there is the current Methodist Church and a former Methodist Chapel converted into houses. We have also included the parish church at Ickham, which is not on the main route, but provides a pleasant diversion on the way between Littlebourne and Wickhambreaux. Finally, if you walk the Folkestone-Lyminge loop, you will encounter the highest church in Kent: the tiny and ancient church at Paddlesworth. It has connections to Northumbria that suggest it could have been founded as early as the 7th Century, although the current structure is only around 1,000 years old.
St Mary and St Eanswythe, Folkestone
St Paul’s, Sandgate
The former Shorncliffe Garrison Catholic Chapel (now the Gurkha Visitor Centre)
The former Shorncliffe Garrison Anglican Church (now the Tower Theatre)
St Martin’s, Cheriton
St Nicholas, Newington
St Mary and St Ethelburga, Lyminge
Methodist Church, Lyminge
Former Methodist Chapel, Lyminge
St Mary the Virgin, Elham
St John the Baptist, Barham
St Giles, Kingston
St Mary’s, Bishopsbourne
St Peter’s, Bridge
St Mary’s, Patrixbourne
St Peter’s, Bekesbourne
Well Chapel, near Littlebourne
St Vincent’s, Littlebourne
St John the Evangelist, Ickham
St Andrew’s, Wickhambreaux
St Mildred’s, Preston
All Saints’, West Stourmouth
St Mary’s, Minster-in-Thanet
St Mildred’s Priory, Minster-in-Thanet
St Oswald’s, Paddlesworth
Pathways to the Past 