Places to explore near Earley StationEarley

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

2.7 km NW · spans 7 counties

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

2.7 km NW · spans 7 counties

The broad-beam crossing of southern England — river, canal and river again from Bristol's Avon to the Thames at Reading, over the chalk by the Caen Hill flight.

2.9 km NW · spans 5 counties

Old Thames village of brick-and-timber houses, a many-arched medieval bridge and the Mill theatre set on its own island.

3.6 km N · Berkshire

Thames-side village dining pub near Henley, an olive best country pub.

6.6 km N

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

6.7 km N

Thatched Chiltern-edge pub near Henley with a game-heavy menu, cited by the Times and olive.

7.5 km N

Rolling chalk downland above the Vale of the White Horse, threaded by one of Britain's oldest roads

9.7 km W

A country park in Berkshire.

1.5 km E

A Berkshire chalk river from the Marlborough Downs to the Thames at Reading, shadowed most of the way by the Kennet & Avon Canal.

2.9 km NW · Berkshire & Wiltshire

Timber-framed 16th-century inn beside Sonning's church, all low beams, log fires and a courtyard off the lane to the river.

3.6 km N

Old riverside inn at Sonning where spit-roast duck turns in the window and the terrace looks over the Thames to Willow Island.

4 km N

A country park in Berkshire.

6.8 km S

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

7.4 km NW · spans 5 counties