Places to explore near Burnham (Berks) StationBurnham

The river from its Cotswold trickle to the Thames Barrier — the gentlest long walk in Britain.

3.3 km SW · spans 7 counties

The non-tidal Thames — 45 locks of managed river between Cricklade's meadows and the tideway at Teddington.

3.3 km SW · spans 7 counties

Purpose-built rowing lake by the Thames near Eton, the 2012 Olympic rowing venue, ringed by a public parkland loop.

3.5 km S

Small Thames island park at Maidenhead by Boulter's Lock, with riverside gardens, an aviary and a café.

3.8 km W

Famous Thames lock and weir at Maidenhead, once the busiest on the river and a fashionable Edwardian boating spot.

3.9 km W

Heston Blumenthal's experimental restaurant in the Thames-side village of Bray.

4.2 km SW

Heston Blumenthal's historic village pub, a Michelin-starred dining destination named best pub for food in 2024.

4.2 km SW

Riverside village of flint cottages and a Norman church, better known now for two three-Michelin-star kitchens by the Thames.

4.4 km SW · Berkshire

Thames town whose High Street of old shop fronts runs from Windsor Bridge to Henry VI's Eton College

4.7 km SE · Berkshire

Italianate mansion above grand Thames-side gardens.

4.8 km NW

Largest occupied castle in the world.

5.3 km SE

Thames-side village of Stanley Spencer, who painted its riverbank and church and is remembered in a gallery on the high street.

5.9 km NW · Berkshire

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

8.5 km NW

Ornamental woodland garden in the royal park.

9.9 km S

Cricket-green village pub near Maidenhead run by chef Dominic Chapman.

10 km SW

Thames-side village near Eton keeping Dorney Court, a Tudor manor, and a small riverside church, with the rowing lake on former farmland alongside.

3.1 km SW · Buckinghamshire

A National Trust place in Buckinghamshire.

3.5 km N

Edward White's 1935 memorial gardens beside the churchyard that inspired Gray's 'Elegy'.

3.7 km E

Small redundant chapel of flint and chalk beside the Thames near Eton, kept by the Friends of Friendless Churches.

3.7 km S

A National Trust place in Buckinghamshire.

4 km E

Riverside Roux restaurant-with-rooms at Bray, three Michelin stars over a terrace where boats moor at the water's edge.

4.1 km SW

A National Trust place in Berkshire.

5 km SE

The Chiltern Society's grand loop through four counties of beechwood and chalk, grown from a Millennium project into 177 miles.

5.9 km NW · spans 5 counties