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Photo of the North Wessex Downs, a National Landscape in England.

North Wessex DownsPhoto John Lubbock / Pexels

Places to explore near Tilehurst StationTilehurst

40 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the Thames Path, a 185-mile National Trail running from Kemble to London, England.Highlight

Thames Path

National Trail

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

0.1 km NW · spans 7 counties

Photo of the River Thames, a 135-mile river navigation running from Cricklade to Teddington, England.Highlight

River Thames

River navigation

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

0.1 km E · spans 7 counties

Photo of the Chilterns, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Chilterns

National Landscape near The Lee

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

0.8 km N

Photo of the North Wessex Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

North Wessex Downs

National Landscape near Hungerford

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

1.6 km NW

Photo of the Kennet & Avon Canal, an 87-mile canal running from Reading to Bristol, England.Highlight

Kennet & Avon Canal

Canal

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.

4.2 km S · spans 5 counties

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Thames Lido

Lido near Reading

Reading's Edwardian ladies' swimming bath of 1902, restored in 2017 as a heated lido with a spa and restaurant.

4.6 km E

Photo of Englefield House Garden, a Grade II registered house & garden near Pangbourne, Berkshire, south east England.Highlight

Englefield House Garden

House & garden near Pangbourne

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

6 km SW

Photo of Basildon Park, a Grade II registered house & garden near Goring-on-Thames in the North Wessex Downs, Berkshire, south east England.Highlight

Basildon Park

House & garden near Goring-on-Thames

Palladian mansion in Thames-side parkland.

7.1 km NW

Photo of The Bottle & Glass Inn, a gastropub near Binfield Heath in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

The Bottle & Glass Inn

Gastropub · With rooms near Binfield Heath

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

8 km NE

Photo of Sonning, a village in Berkshire, south east England.Highlight

Sonning

Village

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

8.2 km E · Berkshire

Photo of The Plough (Shiplake), a gastropub in Oxfordshire, south east England.Highlight

The Plough (Shiplake)

Gastropub near Shiplake

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

9.5 km E

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Photo along the Chiltern Way, a 177-mile long-distance path in England.

Chiltern Way

Long-distance path

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

1.5 km N · spans 5 counties

Photo of Mapledurham Country Park, a country park near Pangbourne in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Mapledurham Country Park

Country park near Pangbourne

A country park in Oxfordshire.

1.6 km N

Double-Barrelled Brewery

Brewery near Tilehurst

Modern craft brewery and taproom at Tilehurst on the edge of Reading, pouring hazy pale ales and stouts brewed on site.

2.4 km SW

Photo of the River Kennet, a 45-mile river running from Marlborough Downs to River Thames at Reading, England.

River Kennet

River

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

4.2 km S · Berkshire & Wiltshire

Pangbourne

Village

Thames village at the mouth of the Pang, with a toll bridge, riverside meadow and links to 'The Wind in the Willows'.

4.5 km W · Berkshire

Reading Abbey

Monastery · Benedictine near Reading

Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork

4.7 km E

Photo of Coombe End Farm, a country estate near Goring-on-Thames in the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, south east England.

Coombe End Farm

Country estate near Goring-on-Thames

A National Trust place in Oxfordshire.

6.5 km NW

Loddon Brewery

Brewery near Dunsden

Independent brewery in a converted farm barn at Dunsden near Reading, with tours and a taproom of its own ales.

6.5 km E

Photo of The French Horn, a pub near Sonning, Oxfordshire, south east England.

The French Horn

Pub near Sonning

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

7.8 km E

Everything else within 10 km (20) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.