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The Royal Military Canal stretches for 28 miles hugging the old cliff line that borders the Romney Marsh from Hythe in the north east to Cliff End in the south west. It was built as a third line of defence against Napoleon, after the British Royal Navy patrolling the English Channel and the line of 74 Martello Towers built along the south coast. The Royal Military Canal was constructed in two sections. The longest section starts at Hythe in Kent and ends at Iden Lock in East Sussex. The second smaller section runs from the foot of Winchelsea Hill to Cliff End. Both sections are linked by the Rivers Rother and Brede.

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Path HE324 descends from the Aldington Road near Court-at-Street to a minor road at Aldergate Bridge (a bridge over the Royal Military Canal). The path passes turnings to Queen’s Court and Aldergate Wood. The latter is a house formerly the home of Margaret Helen Waterfield, a watercolourist. The path was described as a bridle road on Ordnance Survey County Series plans from the late C19 until after the IIWW. A traverse of the path provides superb views over Romney Marsh. Near Aldington Wood, part of the path follows a notable section of holloway. The slopes above Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal are known, from the perspective of the Marsh, as the Uplands.