Walks from Shiplake
Oxfordshire · South East England
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Shiplake Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Shiplake by train.
Shiplake to Henley-on-Thames
Riverside Thames path, bluebell and beech woods, open agricultural fields, gentle hills, golf course, historic village and market town riverfront.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Greys Court: A family home, delightful gardens and an idyllic setting (National Trust; 3h15 in; 2h30 to visit).
2 lunch spots: the Plough (45 mins in), or Greys Court tearoom (3h15 in)
4 end-of-walk rewards: the Bull on Bell Street, the Old Bell, the Saracen's Head, or the Bird in Hand
Warnings: Can flood after rain.
Adapted from: Time Out Country Walks Volume 1.
Similar walks: the Saturday Walkers Club and Round Reading Walk (inc. GPX).
Shiplake Circular via the River Thames
Stile-free bridleway through High Wood and Shiplake Copse (bluebells in spring), Binfield Heath village and the Thames Path past Shiplake Lock.
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.
Lunch: The Baskerville pub by the station; a village shop at Binfield Heath roughly midway.
Walk details: Round Reading Walk.
Reading to Shiplake
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.
Warnings: Shared with cyclists between Reading and Sonning; walkers only beyond.
Walk details: Reading to Basingstoke Community Rail Partnership (turn-by-turn directions).
Shiplake Circular
Riverside Thames path, bluebell and beech woods, open agricultural fields, gentle hills, market town and return riverside towpath.
Warnings: Footbridge may be closed.
Source: A variant of Shiplake to Henley (Saturday Walkers Club).
Henley-on-Thames to Shiplake
Pleasant valleys, undulating woodland, bluebell woods, open fields and ending at Shiplake station.
Source: A shorter variant of Henley Circular via Rotherfield Greys (Saturday Walkers Club).
Henley-on-Thames to Shiplake
Thames riverside path extension from Henley to Shiplake station.
Source: A longer variant of Henley Circular via Great Wood (Saturday Walkers Club).