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Oh I see, I misread your original post. You can get a stopping service from Reading that stops at Goring (and all the other little stations) as the train line basically follows the Thames you're never too far from the river path wherever you get off the train (just don't get off at Didcot). Likewise whenever you pass through a village you're likely not too far from a train station. A nicer run might be to link two of the smaller villages together? But I guess you're after a high speed connection straight back into London?
Goring has several good places to eat, and there is a cafe right on the river bank that you will run through at Benson (no train station here though). The last few miles into Oxford are not so great scenery wise, and the path gets busy with tourists. Might not be what you're after if you're getting tired/hungry/grumpy toward the end.
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Awesome, thanks! We plan to end in Oxford as @IdealStandard’s sister lives there, so she can give us food, beer and a bed (and deal with our grumpiness, hopefully!). Plus, She lives on a boat on the Oxford Canal, so it’ll be river/towpaths all the way to her door! We’ll get the Oxford Tube back the next day.
Ive been playing around with the Thames Path distance calculator online, but it’s so incredibly clunky.. I just want to make sure that it is actually 50-55k from Goring to Oxford and not more!!
speculoos
Great, thanks! Yep I know Goring is down, but I meant that the alternative would be to start from somewhere 55km upstream instead!
But glad to know that that bit is an enjoyable stretch. The bits upstream don’t look as nice anyway. Will bring the GPS for back up.