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Boveney Lock – Windsor Bridge loop from Maidenhead

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Boveney Lock – Windsor Bridge loop from Maidenhead

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4.5

(11)

105

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Boveney Lock – Windsor Bridge loop from Maidenhead

05:33

21.9km

40m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 4, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.64 km

Bray Lock

Highlight • River

Bray Lock, a nice lock with a pretty little lock-keepers cottage on the island.

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7.20 km

St Mary Magdalene's Church, Boveney

Highlight • Religious Site

A church has been on the site since before the Norman conquest, but the fabric of the present church dates from the 12th century. Windows and the tower were added in the 15th century. The church was built to serve the bargemen working on the River Thames; there was a quay alongside the church but there are now no remains of this. It was a chapel of ease to St Peter's Church, Burnham. An attempt to make it into a separate parish in 1737 failed because sufficient endowment could not be raised. Probably in the middle of the 19th century, a dado of bricks was added to the exterior in an attempt to keep out damp, and in 1897 the window tracery was replaced.

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7.70 km

Boveney Lock

Highlight • Structure

This is one of the most popular locks on the River Thames and was first built in 1838. It's much-photographed, partly because it's quite picturesque but also because it lies on a particularly busy part of the Thames. It was rebuilt 60 years after the initial construction, slightly closer to the bank.

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10.6 km

Windsor Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Cote restaurant on Windsor Bridge has a fantastic Thameside location and serves good food, their 2&3 course doesn’t nee menu before 7pm is excellent value.

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11.0 km

Queen Victoria Statue, Windsor Castle

Highlight • Monument

The statue of Queen Victoria on Castle Hill was created by Sir Edgar Boehm in 1887 to commemorate the Queen's Golden Jubilee and was funded by the people of Windsor and the surrounding area.

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11.1 km

Windsor Royal Station & Shopping Centre

Highlight • Rest Area

Windsor Royal Station (Shopping Centre, 2023-04-05):
windsorroyalstation.co.uk/opening-times

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (Windsor Royal Station, 2023-04-05):
windsor.gov.uk/shopping/windsor-royal-station-p263931

Wikipedia (Windsor & Eton Central railway station, 2023-04-05):
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_%26_Eton_Central_railway_station
“… In 1997, Axa bought the station buildings and enlarged and remodelled them as a shopping complex called Windsor Royal Shopping. The single platform was truncated still further, and can now handle no more than a four coach train. ...”

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12.7 km

Younger Bridge Mural, Elizabeth Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Part of the Games Walk, an art trail created for the London 2012 Olympics, the Younger Bridge mural is an extraordinary work of art. Painted under Elizabeth Bridge by artist Cosmo Sarson, the faces are also interactive, talking through an app support by the Berkshire County Blind Society.

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21.5 km

The Sounding Arch (Maidenhead Railway Bridge)

Highlight • Monument

Maidenhead Railway Bridge, also known as Maidenhead Viaduct and The Sounding Arch, carries the Great Western Main Line (GWML) over the River Thames between Maidenhead and Taplow. Plaque on one of the arches gives the detail better than I can - "1838. The Sounding Arch. I.K. Brunel designed this bridge. The brick arches are the widest and flattest in the world - each span is 128 feet with a rise of only 24 feet." Wikipedia notes that at the time people didn't think it would stand, and left the building supports in place. Eventually a storm swept the supports away, but the bridge still stood. And still stands today.

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21.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.3 km

8.44 km

1.76 km

830 m

539 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.16 km

6.73 km

2.89 km

1.79 km

1.76 km

1.64 km

Elevation

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Boveney Lock – Windsor Bridge loop from Maidenhead

Bray Lock

St Mary Magdalene's Church, Boveney

Boveney Lock

Windsor Bridge

Queen Victoria Statue, Windsor Castle

Windsor Royal Station & Shopping Centre

Younger Bridge Mural, Elizabeth Bridge

The Sounding Arch (Maidenhead Railway Bridge)

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