Saturday Walk: Reading to Henley along the River Thames

10.5 miles / 16.9 km

(or finish at Shiplake for a shorter walk of 8.2 miles)

This is an easy walk following the Thames towpath, which you pick up a few hundred metres after leaving Reading station. 

Trains:  10:20 London Paddington, 10:47 Reading.  

Return trains from Henley at xx:00, xx:30 (4 mins later from Shiplake), change at Twyford.  

Buy a day return to Henley via Reading (this is slightly more expensive than a regular Henley return).  If you have a Freedom Pass, you can use this for travel all the way to Reading on TFL trains, and will just need a single from Henley to Twyford.

Lunch: The lunch stop is at The Bull Inn, a popular pub in the attractive village of Sonning.  An alternative is the Coppa Club.

Tea: The Chocolate Cafe, near the town bridge at Henley, is a long-standing SWC favourite.  There are plenty of pubs and other tea places in the town centre.  For an earlier stop there's The Baskerville Arms near Shiplake station.

Click here for walk directions and full details

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