Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Shillingford Bridge – Shillingford Wharf loop from Benson

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Shillingford Bridge – Shillingford Wharf loop from Benson

Moderate

hikers

Shillingford Bridge – Shillingford Wharf loop from Benson

02:34

10.2km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

29 m

Waterfront Café, Benson

Highlight • Restaurant

Great cafe /restaurant to visit / use as a base to start/finish your ride. Right next to the river Thames, you can also hire kayaks, boats, canoes from here.

Tip by

2.04 km

Shillingford Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

Lovely bridge with a pub close by. Nice to sit near the picnic area at the moorings to enjoy your lunch.

Tip by

2.63 km

Shillingford Wharf

Highlight • Viewpoint

Attractive spot by the river with interesting houses and Boat Shed

Tip by

3.91 km

Warborough Village

Highlight • Pub

There was a chapel in Warborough as early as 1140 and so there are remains from the 1200s within the walls of St Laurence's Church. A church well worth seeing in this pretty little village.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

4.02 km

The Six Bells Pub, Warborough

Highlight • Pub

Very nice pub with a nice terrace, nice service and a meeting place for "Inspector Barnaby" fans. Even fan buses from all over the world are fed here. In the …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

5.45 km

Ladybrook Copse Muddy Path

Highlight • Forest

Gets churned up by horses in the bog then hardens

Tip by

5.64 km

Muddy Dirt Path

Highlight • Trail

Eiher quagmire or solid chopped up boneshaker. would recommend avoiding!

Tip by

9.94 km

St Helen's Church, Benson

Highlight • Other

The church tower was rebuilt in 1794.
It has a single clock face on the east-facing side with hours displayed in Roman numerals.

The clock face erroneously has the nine …

Tip by

10.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.45 km

1.74 km

1.53 km

1.52 km

455 m

448 m

Surfaces

2.43 km

2.26 km

1.84 km

1.74 km

1.46 km

418 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Friday 26 June

30°C

17°C

16 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.8

407

Watlington Hill and the Wormsley Estate walk

03:16h

11.4km

270m

Moderate

4.8

501

Hambleden Mill to Henley-on-Thames Circular River Walk

02:28h

9.57km

50m

Moderate

4.6

257

Marlow and Cookham Thames Path Circular

03:47h

14.5km

90m

Moderate

4.7

194

Sonning to Shiplake loop via Thames Path

02:37h

10.0km

70m

Easy

4.7

159

Goring-on-Thames to Hartsford loop

01:32h

5.93km

30m

Easy

4.4

216

Marlow & Thames Path loop

01:31h

5.98km

10m

Easy

4.7

Oxford Historic loop via The Thames Path

01:49h

7.14km

20m

Moderate

4.7

160

Wittenham Clumps and Thames Path Circular

02:43h

10.2km

110m

Moderate

4.7

203

Donnington Castle and Snelsmore Common

01:40h

6.17km

80m

Moderate

4.7

177

Warburg Nature Reserve and Berrick Trench loop from Nettlebed — Chiltern Hills

02:04h

7.30km

160m

Hard

4.5

157

Chiltern Hills Three-in-One Walk

05:24h

19.5km

330m

Moderate

4.7

102

Lacey Green Windmill circular — Chiltern Hills

03:40h

13.6km

180m

Shillingford Bridge – Shillingford Wharf loop from Benson

Waterfront Café, Benson

Shillingford Bridge

Shillingford Wharf

Warborough Village

The Six Bells Pub, Warborough

Ladybrook Copse Muddy Path

Muddy Dirt Path

St Helen's Church, Benson

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️