Places to explore near Theale StationTheale

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.

0.4 km SE · spans 5 counties

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

0.8 km NE

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

2.6 km NW

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

5.3 km NE · spans 7 counties

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

5.3 km NE · spans 7 counties

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

5.9 km N

Palladian mansion in Thames-side parkland.

8 km NW

Ancient wooded common of oak and heath crossed by an avenue of old trees, one of the largest commons in the county.

9.7 km W

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

0.4 km SE · Berkshire & Wiltshire

A National Trust place in Berkshire.

5.6 km W

A country park in Oxfordshire.

6.2 km NE

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

6.5 km NE · spans 5 counties

Roman amphitheatre north-east of the walled town of Calleva Atrebatum, in the guardianship of English Heritage.

8.3 km S

Medieval church beside the Roman walls of Calleva.

8.5 km S