Maidenhead to Beaconsfield
A station-to-station walkBerkshireSouth East England
Rewarded with a semi-circular bench with stunning views. Attractive stretches of the Thames Path and the Chiltern Way through woods, bookended by urban walks, with some lane walking and woodland mud and steep rooty woodland paths and steps. Mostly shaded by trees. Follows part of the Thames Path and the Chiltern Way Berkshire Loop. A short, very steep detour leads to Hedsor Church of St Nicholas for views to Lord Boston's Folly.
Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.
Maidenhead and Cookham Commons: A historic landscape full of natural beauty (National Trust).
Cliveden: a National Trust estate of wooded slopes and gardens rising above the Thames, famous as the setting of the Profumo affair (National Trust; 4h to visit).
Lunch: Cookham makes a good midway break with shops, cafes and public toilets.
Warnings: There is a stretch along the busy A40, which must be crossed without a pedestrian crossing. Narrow kissing gate and steep rooty paths.
Credits
Walk details: Slow Ways.