Duration: 7 Nights
TOTAL LOCKS: 42
CRUISING TIME PER DAY: 5.5 HOURS
TOTAL CRUISING TIME: 36 HOURS
Maps & Guides for this route: P8, N7, L20, L23
Enjoy this short cruise which winds down to Reading, where you will join up with the River Thames – and continue your cruise downstream. Admire iconic history on this journey as well as beautiful canalside views, making the Windsor and Return route from Aldermaston Wharf one not to miss.
Discover a short cruise to Reading, where you join the Thames and cruise downstream through the rowing town of Henley, the charming town of Marlow, where Shelley and T.S. Eliot once lived, and Cookham, home to the Stanley Spencer art gallery.
Moor up at Taplow for a visit to Cliveden House and, if your budget is up to it, at Bray, you could enjoy a fine meal at either Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck or the Roux brothers’ Waterside Inn. Explore the grounds of Eton College before arriving at the royal town of Windsor, famous for its castle, and nearby Legoland.
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Battlefields, an ancient forest, Celtic mounds and mysterious crop circles, steam engines, city shopping and historic locks characterise this route mixed with trade and royalty. This is a boating holiday packed with treats.
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