Hiking routes around Reading

Thames Path passes through Reading: 2 sections with 318 km mapped in all, 53 km of them within 16 km. European long distance path E2 west passes through Reading: 56 sections with 4,093 km mapped in all, 49 km of them within 16 km. The Chiltern Way has more of its length here than any other route: 88 km within 16 km, of 367 km in all. Regional routes account for the largest share: 330 of the 575 km of waymarked route within 16 km. Most of the 31 local routes are short walks: 23 of them are under 10 km. Operators named on the routes listed here include Canal River Trust, Confraternity of St James UK and European Ramblers Association.

• The Chiltern WayRegional · CW88 km within 16 km · 367 km in allThe Chiltern Society
• The Wokingham WayRegional81 km within 16 km
• Thames PathNational · TP · 2 sections53 km within 16 km · 318 km in allNational Trails
• European long distance path E2 westInternational · E2 · 56 sections49 km within 16 km · 4,093 km in allEuropean Ramblers Association
• The Roman WayRegional39 km within 16 km · 277 km in all
• St James' WayRegional · SJW26 km within 16 km · 107 km in all · Reading Abbey (Church of St James) to Southampton (Town Quay)Confraternity of St James UK
• St Frideswide’s WayRegional · SFW22 km within 16 km · 67 km in all · Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford to Church of S James, Reading AbbeyThe Confraternity of S James
• Kennet and Avon Canal TrailRegional · K&A21 km within 16 km · 155 km in all · River Avon at Bristol to River Thames at ReadingCanal River Trust
• Ramblers RouteLocal18 km within 16 km · about 40 km in all
• Blackwater Valley PathRegional13 km within 16 km · 39 km in all
• Three Castles PathRegional13 km within 16 km · 98 km in all
• Shakespeare's WayRegional13 km within 16 km · 172 km in all

Each name opens the route on Waymarked Trails.

• Routes from Waymarked Trails, which draws the hiking routes mapped on OpenStreetMap (data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); counted on Oct 19, 2026.
• Only routes someone has mapped as a route on OpenStreetMap are counted. Signposted paths no one has mapped, and walks without waymarks, are not.
• Lengths within 16 km are measured on Waymarked Trails’ simplified lines and take in a route’s branches and variants; a path two routes share counts for each. A route’s length in all follows its main line along the mapped ways, and those marked “about” come from the simplified lines.

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