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Thames Path: 12-day itinerary
The Thames Path is a 330 km long-distance path, climbing about 169 m in total across 2 official sections. This summary is auto-generated. Expand it and the topics below with well-sourced detail.
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12 days from near Coates to near Woolwich
Use these daily distances and overnight stops as a starting point, then customise the trip in the planner.
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Day 1: near Coates → Cricklade
19.9 km · 0 m ascent · 4h43–6h39 (about 5h32, incl. ~55m of stops)
Via Kemble, Ewen, Poole Keynes, Somerford Keynes, Ashton Keynes, Leigh, Cerney Wick, Latton -
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Day 2: Cricklade → Clanfield
28.6 km · 0 m ascent · 6h45–9h32 (about 7h56, incl. ~1h19 of stops)
Via Marston Meysey, Castle Eaton, Kempsford, Hannington, Lechlade, Little Faringdon, Buscot, Kelmscott -
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Day 3: Clanfield → Swinford
26.9 km · 6 m ascent · 6h21–8h58 (about 7h28, incl. ~1h15 of stops)
Via Buckland, Hinton Waldrist, Longworth, Standlake, Fyfield, Northmoor, Appleton, Cumnor, Stanton Harcourt, Farmoor, Eynsham -
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Day 4: Swinford → Abingdon
24.9 km · 0 m ascent · 5h52–8h17 (about 6h55, incl. ~1h09 of stops)
Via Cassington, Yarnton, Wytham, Binsey, North Hinksey, Oxford, South Hinksey, Kennington, Sandford-on-Thames, Nuneham Courtenay, Radley -
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Day 5: Abingdon → North Stoke
25.1 km · 5 m ascent · 5h56–8h22 (about 6h58, incl. ~1h10 of stops)
Via Shippon, Culham, Drayton, Sutton Courtenay, Appleford-on-Thames, Long Wittenham, Clifton Hampden, Berinsfield, Dorchester-on-Thames, Little Wittenham, Warborough, Shillingford, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Berrick Salome, Benson, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford -
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Day 6: North Stoke → Reading
25.7 km · 81 m ascent · 6h14–8h48 (about 7h20, incl. ~1h13 of stops)
Via Cholsey, Moulsford, South Stoke, Streatley, Goring-on-Thames, Lower Basildon, Whitchurch Hill, Whitchurch-on-Thames, Pangbourne, Tidmarsh, Mapledurham, Purley on Thames -
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Day 7: Reading → Hurley
26.2 km · 17 m ascent · 6h13–8h46 (about 7h19, incl. ~1h13 of stops)
Via Woodley, Sonning, Dunsden Green, Binfield Heath, Shiplake, Hare Hatch, Wargrave, Lower Shiplake, Crazies Hill, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Remenham, Hambleden, Aston -
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Day 8: Hurley → Eton
27.5 km · 5 m ascent · 6h30–9h10 (about 7h38, incl. ~1h16 of stops)
Via Bisham, Marlow, Cookham Dean, Little Marlow, Bourne End, Wooburn Green, Cookham Rise, Hedsor, Cookham, Taplow, Maidenhead, Holyport, Bray, Dorney Reach, Fifield, Dorney, Oakley Green, Eton Wick, Clewer Village -
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Day 9: Eton → Sunbury-on-Thames
27.9 km · 5 m ascent · 6h35–9h18 (about 7h45, incl. ~1h17 of stops)
Via Chalvey, Slough, Datchet, Horton, Sunnymeads, Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Bishopsgate, Englefield Green, Hythe End, Egham, Pooley Green, Egham Hythe, Staines-upon-Thames, Thorpe, Laleham, Chertsey, Addlestone, Weybridge, Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames, Upper Halliford, Charlton -
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Day 10: Sunbury-on-Thames → Barnes
25.7 km · 5 m ascent · 6h04–8h34 (about 7h08, incl. ~1h11 of stops)
Via Kempton Park, Molesey, Thames Ditton, Kingston upon Thames, Teddington, Twickenham, Richmond, Isleworth, Brentford -
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Day 11: Barnes → Greenwich
30.5 km · 28 m ascent · 7h15–10h14 (about 8h32, incl. ~1h25 of stops)
Via Chiswick, City of Westminster, London, City of London, Lewisham -
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Day 12: Greenwich → near Woolwich
41.0 km · 21 m ascent · 9h43–13h43 (about 11h26, incl. ~1h55 of stops)
Via Purfleet-on-Thames, Erith, Woolwich