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Thames Path: 15-day itinerary
The Thames Path is a National Trail following the river from its source in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds through Oxford, Reading and London to the Thames Barrier and on to Woolwich. It was inaugurated on 24 July 1996 and extended by 1.2 miles to the Woolwich Foot Tunnel in January 2022, where it now meets the England Coast Path. It is described as the only National Trail to follow a river for its whole length, give or take the couple of miles at Bablock Hythe where the ferry is long gone. The National Trail's published length is 185.2 miles (298 km) against the 330 km stored here, which is the usual difference between a published figure and a stitched line rather than a discrepancy to chase.
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15 days from Thames Head (source), Gloucestershire to 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: Thames Head (source), Gloucestershire → 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 → Lechlade
17.2 km · 0 m ascent · 4h04–5h44 (about 4h46, incl. ~48m of stops)
Via Marston Meysey, Castle Eaton, Kempsford, Hannington -
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Day 3: Lechlade → Longworth
24.2 km · 0 m ascent · 5h42–8h03 (about 6h43, incl. ~1h07 of stops)
Via Little Faringdon, Buscot, Kelmscott, Clanfield, Buckland, Hinton Waldrist -
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Day 4: Longworth → Oxford
25.3 km · 6 m ascent · 5h59–8h26 (about 7h02, incl. ~1h10 of stops)
Via Standlake, Fyfield, Northmoor, Appleton, Cumnor, Stanton Harcourt, Farmoor, Eynsham, Swinford, Cassington, Yarnton, Wytham, Binsey, North Hinksey -
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Day 5: Oxford → Clifton Hampden
22.8 km · 0 m ascent · 5h23–7h35 (about 6h20, incl. ~1h03 of stops)
Via South Hinksey, Kennington, Sandford-on-Thames, Nuneham Courtenay, Radley, Abingdon, Shippon, Culham, Drayton, Sutton Courtenay, Appleford-on-Thames, Long Wittenham -
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Day 6: Clifton Hampden → Streatley
23.3 km · 21 m ascent · 5h32–7h49 (about 6h31, incl. ~1h05 of stops)
Via Berinsfield, Dorchester-on-Thames, Little Wittenham, Warborough, Shillingford, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Berrick Salome, Benson, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, North Stoke, Cholsey, Moulsford, South Stoke -
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Day 7: Streatley → Sonning
23.4 km · 69 m ascent · 5h40–8h (about 6h40, incl. ~1h07 of stops)
Via Goring-on-Thames, Lower Basildon, Whitchurch Hill, Whitchurch-on-Thames, Pangbourne, Tidmarsh, Mapledurham, Purley on Thames, Reading, Woodley -
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Day 8: Sonning → Hurley
21.2 km · 17 m ascent · 5h02–7h07 (about 5h55, incl. ~59m of stops)
Via Dunsden Green, Binfield Heath, Shiplake, Hare Hatch, Wargrave, Lower Shiplake, Crazies Hill, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Remenham, Hambleden, Aston -
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Day 9: Hurley → Dorney Reach
20.2 km · 5 m ascent · 4h46–6h44 (about 5h37, incl. ~56m of stops)
Via Bisham, Marlow, Cookham Dean, Little Marlow, Bourne End, Wooburn Green, Cookham Rise, Hedsor, Cookham, Taplow, Maidenhead, Holyport, Bray -
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Day 10: Dorney Reach → Staines-upon-Thames
21.2 km · 0 m ascent · 5h–7h04 (about 5h53, incl. ~59m of stops)
Via Fifield, Dorney, Oakley Green, Eton Wick, Clewer Village, Windsor, Eton, Chalvey, Slough, Datchet, Horton, Sunnymeads, Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Bishopsgate, Englefield Green, Hythe End, Egham, Pooley Green, Egham Hythe -
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Day 11: Staines-upon-Thames → Thames Ditton
20.9 km · 0 m ascent · 4h56–6h58 (about 5h48, incl. ~58m of stops)
Via Thorpe, Laleham, Chertsey, Addlestone, Weybridge, Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames, Upper Halliford, Charlton, Sunbury-on-Thames, Kempton Park, Molesey -
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Day 12: Thames Ditton → Chiswick
20.0 km · 5 m ascent · 4h43–6h40 (about 5h34, incl. ~56m of stops)
Via Kingston upon Thames, Teddington, Twickenham, Richmond, Isleworth, Brentford, Barnes -
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Day 13: Chiswick → Greenwich
29.3 km · 24 m ascent · 6h58–9h49 (about 8h11, incl. ~1h22 of stops)
Via City of Westminster, London, City of London, Lewisham -
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Day 14: Greenwich → Erith
27.3 km · 16 m ascent · 6h28–9h08 (about 7h36, incl. ~1h16 of stops)
Via Purfleet-on-Thames -
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Day 15: Erith → Woolwich
13.7 km · 5 m ascent · 3h15–4h35 (about 3h50, incl. ~38m of stops)
Via Woolwich
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