The Thames Path

The Thames Path National Trail opened in 1996 and follows the River Thames from its source at Thames Head in Gloucestershire to the Thames Flood Barrier in east London; an extension, not forming part of the National Trail, runs from the Thames Barrier to Crayford Ness beyond Erith and links with the London Loop.

National Trails record the length as 184 miles (294 km) to the Flood Barrier; the full length to Crayford Ness is given by the Ramblers Association as 310.5km (inconsistently converted to 194 miles), which accords fairly well with my own estimate from maps of 311.5km (193.6 miles).

My walks on the Thames Path

Date From / to Distance on Path   Estimated time on Path
13 January 2007 Thames Head circular walk 2.0 km   45 mins
26 January 2008 Oxford to Culham 19.1 km   4 hours 45 mins
16 February 2008 Cholsey to Reading 23.8 km   5 hours 12 mins
17 February 2007 Reading to Henley-on-Thames 15.1 km   4 hours 5 mins
10 November 2007 Henley-on-Thames to Cookham 21.2 km   4 hours 35 mins
3 February 2007 Cookham to Maidenhead circular walk 3.9 km   1 hour
27 August 2007 Maidenhead to Windsor 11.6 km   2 hours 40 mins
3 November 2007 Windsor to Chertsey 19.6 km   4 hours 10 mins
11 August 2007 Chertsey to Kingston 17.8 km   4 hours 28 mins
19 May 2007 Kingston to Kew Bridge 14.4 km   3 hours 54 mins
22 December 2007 Kew Bridge to Battersea 17.1 km   3 hours 24 mins
5 March 2006 Erith to Crayford Ness 3.4 km   51 mins

Total walked so far: 169 km, or about 54% of the National Trail and Extension

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