Walks from Shiplake

Beautiful walks starting or ending at Shiplake Station.

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: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Lunch: The Baskerville pub by the station; a village shop at Binfield Heath roughly midway.

Moderate

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 (National Trust)

Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)

1 lunch spot: the Plough (45m in)

Warnings: Can flood after rain.

Moderate

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.

Riverside Thames path, bluebell and beech woods, open agricultural fields, gentle hills, market town and return riverside towpath.

Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Footbridge may be closed.

Pleasant valleys, undulating woodland, bluebell woods, open fields and ending at Shiplake station.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Thames riverside path extension from Henley to Shiplake station.