Walks from Cookham
Berkshire · South East England
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Cookham Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Cookham by train.
Cookham Circular via Cliveden
Level riverside paths on the Green Way, Widbrook Common, a view of Cliveden and Stanley Spencer's village of Cookham.
Cliveden: a National Trust estate of wooded slopes and gardens rising above the Thames, famous as the setting of the Profumo affair.
Stanley Spencer Gallery: a gallery in Cookham village devoted to the artist Stanley Spencer, who lived and painted here.
Time: 2h–4h
Lunch: A shop and cafe near the station; the Crown pub in Cookham village.
Walk details: Round Reading Walk.
Cookham to Maidenhead
Hills, escarpment with valley views, beech woods, open fields, riverside Thames Path, wooded estate banks and town outskirts.
Time: 5h
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Gerrards Cross to Cookham
Parkland, lakes, woods, beech forest, open fields, Thames riverside, village lanes and National Trust common.
Time: 4h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Furze Platt to Cookham
One of the most scenic stretches of the Thames Path — Boulter's Lock, Ray Mill Island, the wooded slopes of Cliveden and Battlemead wetlands.
The River Thames: England's best-known river, whose towpath (the Thames Path National Trail) carries long stretches of nearly every walk in this set.
Ray Mill Island: a landscaped Thames island by Boulter's Lock with gardens and a boathouse cafe.
Cliveden: a National Trust estate of wooded slopes and gardens rising above the Thames, famous as the setting of the Profumo affair.
Stanley Spencer Gallery: a gallery in Cookham village devoted to the artist Stanley Spencer, who lived and painted here.
Time: 2h–4h
Lunch: Boathouse cafe on Ray Mill Island; the White Oak and Old Swan Uppers pubs in Cookham.
Walk details: Round Reading Walk.
West Drayton to Cookham
Lowland heaths, mature woodland, canal towpath, farmland and historic riverside village.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Cookham to Marlow
Short steep hill over Winter Hill, escarpment views of Thames Valley and descent into Marlow.
Source: A shorter variant of Maidenhead to Marlow – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Marlow to Cookham
Flat riverside Thames Path, meadows, riverside gardens and railway bridge crossing.
Source: An alternative variant of Cookham to Maidenhead – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Cookham Circular via Marlow Bridge
Hill over Winter Hill to Marlow and then riverside return to Cookham.
Warnings: Riverside can be slithery.
Source: A variant of Maidenhead to Marlow – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Cookham Circular via Stanley Spencer Gallery
Hills, escarpment with valley views, beech woods, open fields and riverside Thames Path.
Source: A shorter variant of Cookham to Maidenhead – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Cookham to Taplow
Hills, escarpment, beech woods, open fields, Thames riverside, country park and residential roads.
Source: A variant of Cookham to Maidenhead – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Maidenhead to Cookham
Thames riverside path, hill, town and then riverside return to Cookham.
Warnings: Riverside can be slithery.
Source: A longer variant of Maidenhead to Marlow – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Langley to Cookham
Lowland heaths, mature beech woodland, country parks, commons and historic riverside village.
Source: A shorter variant of West Drayton to Cookham – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).