Places to explore near Twyford StationTwyford

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

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

3.3 km W · Berkshire

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

3.6 km NW

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

4.4 km NW

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

5.9 km NW

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

6 km E

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.

6.2 km W · spans 5 counties

Secluded woodland pub above Hurley in the Chilterns fringe.

6.6 km NE

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

7.4 km NE

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

7.5 km NW · Oxfordshire

A country park in Berkshire.

3 km S

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

3.3 km W

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

3.7 km W

Old East-Berkshire village of timbered houses whose 15th-century Bell Inn is owned outright by the parish under a 1608 bequest.

4 km E · Berkshire

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

4.5 km N · spans 5 counties

A hill in Berkshire.

4.7 km N

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

6.2 km W · Berkshire & Wiltshire