Exploring the Thames Rivers and Streams

50 favourite riverside walks

AvRichard Mayon-White,Wendy Yorke

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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A guide to exploring and enjoying the river Thames and its tributaries through the 50 best riverside walks.The River Thames is a beautifully rich and diverse 215-mile stretch of water that so many of us enjoy walking along – for half an hour, half a day, or days on end courtesy of the wonderful Thames Path. Explore further and you discover the Thames tributaries – the rivers and streams that flow into the Thames from miles in all directions. This natural network has an enormous catchment area, right across Southern England into the Thames Estuary. From a small source stream in Gloucestershire, across varied and historic countryside, through London and into the wide estuary entering the North Sea, the Thames and its tributaries are a plentiful area for exploration and enjoyment.Exploring the Thames Rivers and Streams helps you do just that. The book presents the 33 primary rivers that flow from the Thames and within these chapters describes 50 wonderful walks that best explore the beauty these tributaries have to offer. The walks vary between 4 and 12 miles long and explore a variety of chalk streams, wet woodlands, lakes, reedbeds, flood meadows and canals, where you can pause, observe the wildlife, read about the interesting and historical places featured, or enjoy the waterside with a wild swim, picnic or paddle. Each chapter also features beautiful photography and informative maps.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-05-08
Mått:156 x 232 x 22 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781844866717

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Richard Mayon-White has lived in the Thames Valley for the last 60 years, and has always enjoyed walking and exploring rivers. As a volunteer, he helps to maintain and monitor the Thames Path and lead riverside walks.Wendy Yorke is an active river explorer, finder of river sources, wild swimmer and nature photographer. She is a professional literary agent, author coach, book manuscript editor, international speaker and leader of author coaching writer retreats in southern France.

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Delightful... beautifully illustrated

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IntroductionPart 1: The rivers entering the Thames in Gloucestershire and WiltshireChapter 1: Swill BrookWalk 1: Lower Mill Farm and Swillbrook Nature Reserve; 4.5 miles (7km)Chapter 2: River ChurnWalk 2: Around the Seven Springs; 5.8 miles (9km)Walk 3: Cirencester to Baunton; 5 miles (8km)Chapter 3: River Key (no favourite walk)Chapter 4: Ampney BrookWalk 4: Cricklade and Down Ampney; 5.5 miles (9km)Chapter 5: River Ray (Wiltshire)Walk 5: Shaw Forest to Purton Wood via Mouldon Park; 5 miles (8km)Chapter 6: River ColeWalk 6: Coate Water to Chisledon; 3 miles (4.8km)Chapter 7: River ColnWalk 7: Chetworth Roman Villa to Fossebridge; 6.5 miles (10km)Walk 8: Bibury to Coln St Alywns; 5 miles (4km)Chapter 8: River LeachWalk 9: Northleach to Hampnett and Upper End; 6.5 miles (10.5km)Part 2: The rivers entering the Thames in OxfordshireChapter 9: River WindrushWalk 10: Sherbourne to Windrush village; 5 miles (8km)Walk 11: Minster Lovell; 3.5 miles (5.6km)Chapter 10: River EvenlodeWalk 12: Charlbury, Chilson and Pudlicote; 7 miles (11km) Walk 13: East End Roman Villa; 3.5 miles (6km)Chapter 11: River CherwellWalk 14: Charwelton and Hellidon; 4 miles (6.4km)Walk 15: Kirtlington; 5 miles (8km)Chapter 12: River OckWalk 16: Letcombe Brook; 5 miles (8km)Chapter 13: River ThameWalk 17: Dorchester to Long Wittenham; 8 miles (13km)Part 3: The rivers entering the Thames in Berkshire and BuckinghamshireChapter 14: River PangWalk 18: Stanford Dingle to Bradfield; 5 miles (8km)Walk 19: Pangbourne and Moor Copse; 4.5 miles (7km)Chapter 15: River KennetWalk 20: Avebury to Silbury and East Kennet; 5 miles (8km)Walk 21: Speen to Donnington Castle and Bagnor: 5.3 miles (8.5km)Walk 22: Thatcham to the River Enborne and Greenham Common; 8 miles (13km)Chapter 16: River LoddonWalk 23: The Basing Trail at Basingstoke; 7 miles (10km)Walk 24: Dinton Pastures to Twyford and back; 7.7 miles (12km)Walk 25: North Warnborough to Greywell and Odiham Castle; 4 miles (6km)Chapter 17: River WyeWalk 26: West Wycombe; 3 miles (5km)Part 4: The rivers entering the Thames in SurreyChapter 18: River ColneWalk 27: Rickmansworth to Black Jack’s lock, near Mount Pleasant; 6 miles (9km)Walk 28: St Albans to Childwickbury and Redbournbury; 7.5 miles (12km)Walk 29: Chess Valley at Chenies; 6.8 miles (10km)Chapter 19: River BourneWalk 30: Chertsey Meads to Weybridge; 5 miles (8km)Chapter 20: River WyeWalk 31: Tilford to Frensham Little Pond and Pierrepoint Farm; 5.5 miles (9km)Walk 32: Camelsdale to Black Down; 6 miles (10km)Walk 33: Godalming to Guildford; 5 miles (8km)Chapter 21: MoleWalk 34: Brockham Village Circular Walk; 5 miles (8km)Walk 35: Dorking to Leatherhead, via Box Hill and the Mole Gap Trail; 7 miles (12km)Walk 36: Cobham Circular Walk; 4 miles (6.5km)Part 5: The rivers entering the Thames in West LondonChapter 22: River HogsmillWalk 37: Riverside Walk from Ewell (source) to the Thames; 8 miles (12.8km)Chapter 23: River CraneWalk 38: Crane Park and Kneller Gardens; 5 miles (8km)Chapter 24: River BrentWalk 39: Horsenden Hill to Brent River Park; 8.3 miles (13km)Chapter 25: Beverley BrookWalk 40: Richmond Park to Putney and back to Wimbledon, using a bus from Putney to Wimbledon; 9.2 miles (15km)Chapter 26: River WandleWalk 41: Waddon Ponds to Morden Hall; 6.5 miles (10.4km)Part 6: The rivers that meet the Thames in and near East LondonChapter 27: River RavensbourneWalk 42: Keston Common; 3 miles (5km)Chapter 28: River LeaWalk 43: Hertford to Rye House; 7 miles (12km)Walk 44: Cheshunt, Fishers Green and Waltham Abbey; 5 miles (8km)Walk 45: Walthamstow Marshes to Hackney Marsh; 6 miles (10km)Chapter 29: River RodingWalk 46: Loughton; 4 miles (6.4km)Chapter 30: River Rom and BeamWalk 47: Dagenham; 5 miles (8km)Chapter 31: River IngrebourneWalk 48: Hornchurch Country Park; 6 miles (9.6km)Chapter 32: River DarentWalk 49: Otford to Shoreham and Eynsford (return by train); 5.5 miles (8.8km)Chapter 33: The MardykeWalk 50: Davy Down and North Shifford; 3.5 miles (5.6km)