The Thames Path (eBook)

National Trail from London to the river's source in Gloucestershire

Leigh Hatts (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023 | 4. Auflage
224 Seiten
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-78362-976-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A guidebook to walking the Thames Path, a National Trail covering 182 miles between the Woolwich Foot Tunnel and the river's source in Gloucestershire, passing through Windsor, Oxford and rural countryside. Provides full information for this easy riverside route that takes around two weeks to complete. Includes a 1:25K OS map booklet.

Autor

Leigh Hatts has been walking the Thames towpath and exploring the river and Docklands since 1981, when he worked on the feasibility study that resulted in the decision to establish the route as a National Trail. He worked as a reporter with the walkers' magazine TGO and as arts correspondent of the Catholic Herald. He is co-founder of Bankside Press.

Inhalt

Overview map
Route summary table
Map key
Introduction
Towpath to National Trail
The Path today
Wildlife
Looking after the river
Accommodation and transport
Maps
Safety
Using this guide

The Thames Path
Stage 1 Woolwich Foot Tunnel to Tower Bridge
Stage 2 Tower Bridge to Putney
Stage 3 Putney to Kingston
Stage 4 Kingston to Chertsey
Stage 5 Chertsey to Staines
Stage 6 Staines to Windsor
Stage 7 Windsor to Maidenhead
Stage 8 Maidenhead to Marlow
Stage 9 Marlow to Henley
Stage 10 Henley to Reading
Stage 11 Reading to Pangbourne
Stage 12 Pangbourne to Goring
Stage 13 Goring to Wallingford
Stage 14 Wallingford to Dorchester
Stage 15 Dorchester to Abingdon
Stage 16 Abingdon to Oxford
Stage 17 Oxford to Newbridge
Stage 18 Newbridge to Lechlade
Stage 19 Lechlade to Cricklade
Stage 20 Cricklade to the Source

Appendix A Optional Prelude: Erith to Woolwich Foot Tunnel
Appendix B Further reading

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 57 colour photos and 30 maps
• Verlagsort: Kendal
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: Cricklade • Hampton Court Palace • hike • Lechlade on Thames • Oxford • River Thames • Walk • Windsor
• ISBN-10: 1-78362-976-2 / 1783629762
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78362-976-3 / 9781783629763