Walks you can reach from Didcot Parkway by train
Berkshire · South East England
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Henley-on-Thames to Pangbourne (Oxfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Highly recommended: Thames riverside, ancient streets, broad valleys, beech woods, fields, small villages, alpaca farm and toll bridge.
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
1 lunch spot: the Red Lion (1h45 in)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Greyhound
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Pangbourne to Goring & Streatley (Berkshire)
15 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Highly recommended: Woods, hilly, river and quaint village.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
3 lunch spots: Streatley (2h in) — Pierreponts, or the Swan at Streatley and the Coppa Club; plus the Bull (2h in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the Miller of Mansfield, or the Catherine Wheel
Warnings: Relatively busy.
Source: Trains2Green.
Goring & Streatley Circular via Aldworth (Oxfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Undulating downs, Thames-side views, Ridgeway path, chalk hills and quaint villages.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Steep descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Pangbourne Circular via Goring (Berkshire)
15 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Part-wooded ridges, open pastures, wildflower nature reserve, Thames river meadows, beech woods and Thames-side villages.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bath Spa Circular via Dundas Aqueduct (Somerset)
45 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Disused railway path, tunnels, viaducts, canal towpath, river and historic city centre.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Cholsey to Goring & Streatley (Berkshire)
5 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Thames riverside path, gently rolling Oxfordshire countryside, open fields and attractive villages.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Long, exposed walk.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reading to Henley-on-Thames (Berkshire)
15 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Flat Thames towpath, riverside parks, wooded sections, pasture fields, meadows and riverside gardens.
Waterway: four fifths along the River Thames.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Flood risk sections.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Reading to Shiplake (Berkshire)
15 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Flat Thames Path riverside countryside, the Horseshoe Bridge and the historic Bull Inn at Sonning (of Three Men in a Boat).
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.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Shared with cyclists between Reading and Sonning; walkers only beyond.
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Cholsey Circular via Agatha Christie's Grave (Berkshire)
5 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Level, stile-free fields and tracks past the Saxon church where Agatha Christie is buried, the Aston villages and a heritage railway.
Agatha Christie's Grave: the grave of the crime novelist, beside the north wall of St Mary's churchyard under her married name Mallowan.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: The Chequers pub at Aston Tirrold.
Walk details: Round Reading Walk.
Oxford Circular via Port Meadow (Oxfordshire)
15 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Flat riverside towpaths, water meadows, canal towpath, Oxford city streets, college lanes and historic squares.
Pitt Rivers Museum (2h45 in)
Oxford (3h15 in)
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
4 lunch spots: Wolvercote (1h15 in) — the Trout Inn, Godstow, or the Jacob's Inn; plus the Perch (30m in), or the Anchor (2h in)
8 end-of-walk rewards: the Lamb & Flag, Oxford, the Red Lion, the Turf Tavern, the Bear, the Crown, the Royal Blenheim, the Castle Pub, or the Jolly Farmers
Warnings: Two fifths urban. Can be flooded.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walk: the Saturday Walkers Club.
Chippenham Circular via Lacock (Wiltshire)
30 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Flat fields, river meadows, canal path, farmland, small woods and residential streets.
Lacock (National Trust)
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Kemble Circular via Thames Head and Cirencester (Wiltshire)
30 minutes direct from Didcot Parkway.
Cotswolds farmland, disused canal towpath, ancient hillfort, beech woods, high watershed, grand parkland vistas, market town streets, quiet fields and upper Thames riverbank.
Time: 8h (6h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Can flood at Thames Head.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).