Places to explore near Reading StationReading

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

0.3 km NE · spans 7 counties

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

0.3 km NE · 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.

0.6 km SE · spans 5 counties

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

2.7 km NW

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

4.5 km E · Berkshire

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

5.6 km NW

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

6.2 km NE

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

6.7 km NE

A terraced 1850s garden of stone staircases below an Elizabethan house.

9.4 km W

Picturesque riverside town famous for its Royal Regatta, with a five-arch bridge, riverside walks and the rowing museum.

9.9 km NE · Oxfordshire

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

0.6 km S · Berkshire & Wiltshire

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

4 km N · spans 5 counties

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

4.3 km NE

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

4.5 km E

A country park in Oxfordshire.

5.4 km NW

A country park in Berkshire.

5.6 km E