Walks from Bourne End
Buckinghamshire · South East England
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Bourne End Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Bourne End by train.
Bourne End Circular via Winter Hill
River Thames, water meadows at Cock Marsh, the village of Cookham Dean and the Winter Hill escarpment viewpoint.
Winter Hill: a well-known escarpment viewpoint with far-reaching views across the Thames towards Cliveden.
Cock Marsh: National Trust riverside water meadows and common grazing land beside the Thames at Bourne End.
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: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: The Mole and Badger pub at Cookham Dean.
Warnings: Some steep hills; crosses a golf course (watch for flying balls).
Walk details: Round Reading Walk.
Marlow to Bourne End
Fine views. Riverside path and with gentle gradients.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Railwalks.
Maidenhead to Bourne End
Thames riverside path, hill, town and then riverside return to Bourne End.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Riverside can flood.
Source: A longer variant of Maidenhead to Marlow (Saturday Walkers Club).
Maidenhead to Bourne End
Thames riverside path all the way, flat and passing Boulters Lock and Cookham.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Source: A shorter variant of Maidenhead to Marlow (Saturday Walkers Club).