Park Lane (Tilehurst)

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

0.9 km W

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.

1.9 km S · spans 5 counties

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

2.5 km NE · spans 7 counties

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

3.2 km NE

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

4.2 km W

Palladian mansion in Thames-side parkland.

7.4 km NW