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 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.
Time: 2h30–5h
Lunch: The Baskerville pub by the station; a village shop at Binfield Heath roughly midway.
Walk details: Round Reading Walk.
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.
Time: 5h–10h
1 lunch spot: the Plough (1h–1h30 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).
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.
Time: 2h30
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 – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
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 – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Henley-on-Thames to Shiplake
Thames riverside path extension from Henley to Shiplake station.
Source: A longer variant of Henley Circular via Great Wood – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).