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Introduction
Medway Council owns and maintains Capstone Country Park, which features woodland, orchards, grassland, and meadows across 114 hectares of former farmland on the North Downs.
Local dog owners and walkers frequent the park, making it a great spot for dogs to socialize and run. With two pay and display car parks, information boards, signposted walks, a café, toilets, and a large children’s playground, it's perfect for both short and long walks.
The route below covers most of Capstone Country Park, but there are plenty of other paths and shortcuts allowing you to adjust the walk to your needs and schedule.
Use the road beside the ski center to reach the top car park, which only offers parking. For full amenities, use the bottom car park further along Capstone Road, where everything is located around the lake. If you prefer the scenic top car park then you can easily walk to the main facilities by the lake.
Walk Location
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Capstone Road, Chatham, Kent, ME7 3JG
Parking Location (what3words)
Walk Details
- Head to the Orchard carpark which is up the lane next to the ski centre. This is the better of the two carparks as its away from the road and the ‘dogs on lead’ areas.
- From here head down the path way between the trees in the orchard next to the car park.
- Turn right when you meet the bridle path and walk along into the field.
- Follow the bridle way fence all the way round the fields through a small woodland pass and into the valley.
- Carry on round the valley still follwing the bridle way.
- When your path heads through the woods on the far side of the valley cross over to the other side of the bridle way just before you exit the woods and head diagonley down and pick up the footpath and head through a small wooded area.
- If you keep to your left following the footpath in front of you and you will eventually come out by the lake.
- Putting your dog on lead turn right and follow the path and road up until you reach the childrens paly area.
- If you now look over to your right you will see another footpath heading back into the park.
- Walk along this path and you will eventually come out in the bottom of the large valley.
- If you head left either by walking straight up or by going along and up the diagonal you will arrive back at the carpark.
Our Walk Route
How to use the AllTrails map
Click the walk title in the top right of the above window to open the route on the AllTrails website or the mobile app. You can then create a free account which will then allow you to follow the route as you walk on your mobile. If you would rather not sign up to AllTrails free account and would like to use another mapping app (such as OS Maps, Outdooractive or Komoot etc) on your phone then you can download the GPX file below and import this into your desired app inorder to follow the trail.
Route GPX File Download
OWTD Walk Verdict
Large Country Park with lots of pathways to explore. It is a popular dog walking location but it never feels crowded. If you have a nervous or reactive dog its easy to divert away from other dogs if you stay in the main meadows. Overall our boys gave it the paws up. Only negative is they now charge £2.50 a day to park.
Walk Information
- Moderate - A walk with some hilly sections and some uneven pathways
- Our circular walk is around 5.0km (3 Miles)
- Approx. 1.5 hour dependant on pace.
- Mixture of large open and flat grassland with meadows covering the valley which have some steep inclines. Only unmade pathways around the park so can become muddy during the winter and wet weather.
- Accessible route available around the lake when you park in the visitor center car park.
- No Stiles
- Dogs allowed off lead.
- Dog bins available
- Two car parks available. One up the top of the lane next to the ski centre (///headline.refilled.nobody) and the main carpark next to the lake and visitors centre (///clincher.pairings.travel).
- Toilets located near the lake and Cafe
- Cafe is located next to the lake.
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