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Many parts of the path are fairly remote, so I’d have to get to the nearest train station each time and then do some riding and walking to get the whole path done in a long term shuffle. At one end it’s a narrow rural waterway, and at the other, a massive expanse of industry and commerce. In 2016 he walked from the source to the London Stone on the Isle of Grain, which marks the eastern boundary of the City of London’s jurisdiction on the south side of the river and which Chesshyre interprets as the end of the Thames (as good as anywhere, I would say). The floods had receded sufficiently to let us through, and despite bank holiday sunshine there were very few people.

Getting to/from the Thames Path A train sits at Tilehurst station, just metres away from the Thames Path. I can see water points marked on the thames path planning guide, but there are none listed anywhere near London or towards Reading direction. When I lived up in Norfolk I hiked parts of the Peddars Way in sections, the part around Castle Acre in the Fens is nice, as is the coastal stretch of AONB around Well-next-the-sea.

Signage was excellent all the way, but beware of some possible tampering at Shillingford between the A4074 and the river. My wife and I are thinking of walking parts of the route between Newbridge and Ashton Keynes sometime next week (3, 4, 5 November) if it’s not rainy too much.

It’s difficult to chose a perfect three day stretch, but perhaps the sections between Tilehurst/Reading and Oxford would meet your criteria. We’re lucky enough to live near the source in Ashton Keynes (NB Andrew: your list of country stages at the start of the site says Kemble to Ashford Keynes). There are two options: walk back to Erith, or carry on follow initially following the London LOOP before following the LOOP link signs to Slade Green railway station. This range of maps are an excellent alternative to carrying individual Ordnance Survey maps, and gives you the whole of the trail – and a good area around it – in a single, slim volume. If you plan to stay at multiple YHA hostels, it’s well worth considering becoming a member as this will save you some money.The walk between Lime house and Island gardens is the worst part of the walk as there are mostly private properties and restricted areas near river which you cant enter. We have three and a half days from April 11-14 to walk the most scenic and interesting section of the Thames Path. I’m planning to do this next year and finish at the end of Southend pier, taking about 12 days while staying along the route – maybe less.