Planning your Thames Path walk

It’s worth spending quality time planning your Thames Path walk to get the most of it. There are different points to consider: the weather, busy hotel periods, transport to the start and end points, and what else to see along the way.

To help you, we’ve split the walk into 4 sections:

1. Source to Oxford 53 miles    Rural with relatively large distances between break points. Limited public transport.
2. Oxford to Reading 41 miles   Rural but with frequent places to break the journey. Well-served by rail (Oxford to Reading).
3. Reading to Staines  39 miles  Rural but with frequent places to break the journey. Well-served by rail (Reading to Maidenhead with branch lines to Henley, Marlow and Windsor).
4. Staines to Thames Barrier 47 miles  Surroundings are more urban but, until Richmond (19 miles),  the path is still rural. Well served by south-west rail. Mostly pavement walking from Hammersmith (26 miles). London Underground reaches most of the walk from Richmond.