Walk 66 : Thames Path : Marlow via Cookham Circular

This is a "re-imagining" of the Cookham Round walk in Time Out Book of Country Walks Volume 1, the most obvious variation being that it starts and finishes in Marlow. This enables you to have lunch in Cookham, which has several nice options, and tea in Marlow, which also is full of cafes.

The morning route of the walk departs from the book in that it essentially just follows the Thames Path from Marlow to Cookham – a very pleasant and easy stretch through open meadows. In the afternoon, the walk more or less reverses the book one afternoon route over Winter Hill (though with a few twists).

Alternatively, you could do the morning of the book one walk - the revised version has a lunch in Marlow option.

Short cut at Bourne End (saving 3.2km / 2 miles)

Extension via Temple Lock (6.6km / 4 mile)

The optional extension via Temple Lock can be affected by traffic noise from the A404 if the wind is in the wrong direction, and has a bit of walking along a busy road (on a pavement) towards the start: otherwise it is very pleasant.