Uptown 7 miler (well lit for winter)

Two lap course. Turn left once outside the Up & Running  shop and head down St. Johns hill, passing the Vine with the Unknown Soldier to your left, past the parade of shops on your left and then the laundrette on your right. Continue down the steep downhill section to Bat and Ball traffic lights. At the lights go left and run along the A25 all the way to Riverhead (fast section). Pass under the railway bridge and head downhill passing St Mary’s Church on your left. Start the long climb up and then down past the Halfway house pub, up past the Railway station then up the steep climb,right to the top of the town where HSBC sits astride Dartford Road and the High Street. Go left back down the High Street and back to the shop. Then do a second loop for 7 miles.