Places to explore near Shiplake StationShiplake

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

0 km NE · spans 7 counties

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

0.2 km E · spans 7 counties

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

1.3 km W

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

1.8 km SW

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

3.3 km W

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

3.3 km NW · Oxfordshire

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

4.7 km SW · Berkshire

Secluded woodland pub above Hurley in the Chilterns fringe.

5 km E

Tiny one-man village pub-restaurant in the Chilterns near Maidenhead.

6.5 km E

Estate village of brick and flint cottages round a square and pump, in a dry valley off the Thames, a favourite film location below the beech hangers.

6.8 km N · Buckinghamshire

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.

7.4 km SW · spans 5 counties

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

7.7 km E

Georgian Thames town below the Chilterns with a suspension bridge, an all-saints church by the weir and a high street of pubs and independent shops.

9.9 km NE · Buckinghamshire

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

0.6 km NW · spans 5 counties

A hill in Berkshire.

3 km E

Across Oxfordshire from Bourton-on-the-Water to Henley-on-Thames, joining the Cotswolds to the Chilterns by field path and village.

3.2 km NW · Oxfordshire & Gloucestershire

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

4.5 km SW

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

4.7 km SW

A National Trust place in Buckinghamshire.

5.9 km NE