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Thames Path: 14-day itinerary

The Thames Path is a 330 km long-distance path, climbing about 169 m in total across 2 official sections.

330 km169 m ascent14 walking days
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14 days23.6 km a day

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14 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.

  1. 1
    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
  2. 2
    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
  3. 3
    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
  4. 4
    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
  5. 5
    Day 5: Abingdon → Wallingford

    22.1 km · 5 m ascent · 5h13–7h22 (about 6h08, incl. ~1h01 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
  6. 6
    Day 6: Wallingford → Purley on Thames

    22.2 km · 74 m ascent · 5h23–7h36 (about 6h20, incl. ~1h04 of stops)

    Via North Stoke, Cholsey, Moulsford, South Stoke, Streatley, Goring-on-Thames, Lower Basildon, Whitchurch Hill, Whitchurch-on-Thames, Pangbourne, Tidmarsh, Mapledurham
  7. 7
    Day 7: Purley on Thames → Henley-on-Thames

    22.6 km · 11 m ascent · 5h22–7h35 (about 6h19, incl. ~1h03 of stops)

    Via Reading, Woodley, Sonning, Dunsden Green, Binfield Heath, Shiplake, Hare Hatch, Wargrave, Lower Shiplake, Crazies Hill, Harpsden
  8. 8
    Day 8: Henley-on-Thames → Cookham

    21.8 km · 11 m ascent · 5h10–7h17 (about 6h04, incl. ~1h01 of stops)

    Via Remenham, Hambleden, Aston, Hurley, Bisham, Marlow, Cookham Dean, Little Marlow, Bourne End, Wooburn Green, Cookham Rise
  9. 9
    Day 9: Cookham → Old Windsor

    23.1 km · 0 m ascent · 5h27–7h41 (about 6h25, incl. ~1h04 of stops)

    Via Taplow, Maidenhead, Holyport, Bray, Dorney Reach, Fifield, Dorney, Oakley Green, Eton Wick, Clewer Village, Windsor, Eton, Chalvey, Slough, Datchet, Horton, Sunnymeads, Wraysbury
  10. 10
    Day 10: Old Windsor → Sunbury-on-Thames

    20.6 km · 0 m ascent · 4h52–6h52 (about 5h43, incl. ~57m of stops)

    Via 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
  11. 11
    Day 11: 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
  12. 12
    Day 12: 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
  13. 13
    Day 13: Greenwich → Erith

    27.3 km · 16 m ascent · 6h28–9h08 (about 7h36, incl. ~1h16 of stops)

    Via Purfleet-on-Thames
  14. 14
    Day 14: Erith → near Woolwich

    13.7 km · 5 m ascent · 3h15–4h35 (about 3h50, incl. ~38m of stops)

    Via Woolwich