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Thames Path: 12-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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12 days from Thames Head, Gloucestershire to Woolwich Foot Tunnel
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, Gloucestershire → Cricklade
19.9 km · 0 m ascent · 4h43–6h38 (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 · 5h43–8h04 (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 → Dorchester-on-Thames
26.1 km · 0 m ascent · 6h10–8h41 (about 7h14, incl. ~1h13 of stops)
Via South Hinksey, Kennington, Sandford-on-Thames, Nuneham Courtenay, Radley, Abingdon, Shippon, Culham, Drayton, Sutton Courtenay, Appleford-on-Thames, Long Wittenham, Clifton Hampden, Berinsfield -
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Day 6: Dorchester-on-Thames → Pangbourne
27.3 km · 63 m ascent · 6h34–9h17 (about 7h44, incl. ~1h17 of stops)
Via Little Wittenham, Warborough, Shillingford, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Berrick Salome, Benson, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, North Stoke, Cholsey, Moulsford, South Stoke, Streatley, Goring-on-Thames, Lower Basildon, Whitchurch Hill, Whitchurch-on-Thames -
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Day 7: Pangbourne → Henley-on-Thames
27.2 km · 33 m ascent · 6h29–9h10 (about 7h38, incl. ~1h16 of stops)
Via Mapledurham, Purley on Thames, Reading, Woodley, Sonning, Dunsden Green, Binfield Heath, Shiplake, Hare Hatch, Wargrave, Lower Shiplake, Crazies Hill, Harpsden -
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Day 8: Henley-on-Thames → Taplow
26.0 km · 20 m ascent · 6h10–8h43 (about 7h16, incl. ~1h13 of stops)
Via Remenham, Hambleden, Aston, Hurley, Bisham, Marlow, Cookham Dean, Little Marlow, Bourne End, Wooburn Green, Cookham Rise, Hedsor, Cookham -
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Day 9: Taplow → Staines-upon-Thames
25.5 km · 0 m ascent · 6h01–8h29 (about 7h04, incl. ~1h11 of stops)
Via Maidenhead, Holyport, Bray, Dorney Reach, 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 10: Staines-upon-Thames → Twickenham
28.6 km · 0 m ascent · 6h44–9h31 (about 7h56, incl. ~1h19 of stops)
Via Thorpe, Laleham, Chertsey, Addlestone, Weybridge, Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames, Upper Halliford, Charlton, Sunbury-on-Thames, Kempton Park, Molesey, Thames Ditton, Kingston upon Thames, Teddington -
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Day 11: Twickenham → City of Westminster
27.7 km · 0 m ascent · 6h32–9h13 (about 7h41, incl. ~1h17 of stops)
Via Richmond, Isleworth, Brentford, Barnes, Chiswick -
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Day 12: City of Westminster → Woolwich Foot Tunnel
22.5 km · 36 m ascent · 5h23–7h35 (about 6h20, incl. ~1h03 of stops)
Via London, City of London, Lewisham, Greenwich
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