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Thames Path: 17-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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17 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 → 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 → Binsey
21.6 km · 6 m ascent · 5h07–7h13 (about 6h01, incl. ~1h of stops)
Via Standlake, Fyfield, Northmoor, Appleton, Cumnor, Stanton Harcourt, Farmoor, Eynsham, Swinford, Cassington, Yarnton, Wytham -
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Day 5: Binsey → Abingdon
17.4 km · 0 m ascent · 4h06–5h47 (about 4h50, incl. ~48m of stops)
Via North Hinksey, Oxford, South Hinksey, Kennington, Sandford-on-Thames, Nuneham Courtenay, Radley -
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Day 6: 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 -
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Day 7: 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 -
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Day 8: Purley on Thames → Lower Shiplake
18.1 km · 11 m ascent · 4h19–6h05 (about 5h04, incl. ~50m of stops)
Via Reading, Woodley, Sonning, Dunsden Green, Binfield Heath, Shiplake, Hare Hatch, Wargrave -
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Day 9: Lower Shiplake → Marlow
19.3 km · 16 m ascent · 4h35–6h28 (about 5h23, incl. ~54m of stops)
Via Crazies Hill, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Remenham, Hambleden, Aston, Hurley, Bisham -
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Day 10: Marlow → Eton
22.8 km · 0 m ascent · 5h23–7h35 (about 6h20, incl. ~1h03 of stops)
Via 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 11: Eton → Chertsey
18.8 km · 5 m ascent · 4h26–6h16 (about 5h14, incl. ~52m 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 -
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Day 12: Chertsey → Kingston upon Thames
19.0 km · 0 m ascent · 4h29–6h19 (about 5h16, incl. ~53m of stops)
Via Addlestone, Weybridge, Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames, Upper Halliford, Charlton, Sunbury-on-Thames, Kempton Park, Molesey, Thames Ditton -
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Day 13: Kingston upon Thames → Barnes
15.8 km · 0 m ascent · 3h43–5h16 (about 4h23, incl. ~44m of stops)
Via Teddington, Twickenham, Richmond, Isleworth, Brentford -
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Day 14: Barnes → City of Westminster
16.6 km · 5 m ascent · 3h55–5h32 (about 4h37, incl. ~46m of stops)
Via Chiswick -
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Day 15: City of Westminster → Greenwich
13.9 km · 33 m ascent · 3h21–4h43 (about 3h56, incl. ~40m of stops)
Via London, City of London, Lewisham -
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Day 16: 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 17: Erith → near Woolwich
13.7 km · 5 m ascent · 3h15–4h35 (about 3h50, incl. ~38m of stops)
Via Woolwich