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Thames Path

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United Kingdom296 km · 184 mi

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PT

Wed 11

Light rain

10°C / 6°C

100% · 5.9 mm

Wind 17 km/h

Poor

Thu 12

Partly cloudy

7°C / 2°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 19 km/h

Good

Fri 13

Clear sky

6°C / -1°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 10 km/h

Good

Sat 14

Overcast

7°C / -1°C

0% · 0.0 mm

Wind 12 km/h

Good

Sun 15

Light rain

10°C / 4°C

77% · 8.1 mm

Wind 17 km/h

Poor

Mon 16

Light rain

9°C / 2°C

25% · 3.0 mm

Wind 24 km/h

Fair

Tue 17

Light rain

5°C / 2°C

62% · 11.9 mm

Wind 16 km/h

Fair

Route

No route line in this build. This is a very long route, so only its start point is used.

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About this trail

The Thames Path is a National Trail following the River Thames from one of its sources near Kemble in Gloucestershire to the Woolwich foot tunnel, south east London. It is about 185 miles (298 km) long. A path was first proposed in 1948 but it only opened in 1996.

From the Wikipedia article “Thames Path”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trail facts

Length
296 km · 184 mi (Wikidata)
Countries
United Kingdom
Continent
Europe
Trail point
51.66670, -1.25000 (Wikidata coordinate)
OSM network
National walking network
Operator (OSM)
National Trails
Wikidata
Q1324561
OpenStreetMap
relation 20469

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Photo: “Source of the River Thames and start of the Thames Path, Thames Head - August 2023 - 04.jpg” by Mertbiol, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

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