River Thames at Wallingford – Wallingford Bridge loop from Nettlebed
River Thames at Wallingford – Wallingford Bridge loop from Nettlebed
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River Thames at Wallingford – Wallingford Bridge loop from Nettlebed
02:52
42.9km
450m
Cycling
Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 10, 2026
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Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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2.90 km
Flowing Singletrack in Chilterns National Landscape
Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway
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10.9 km
Wallingford Town Walls
Archaeological Site
11.6 km
River Thames at Wallingford
Highlight • Viewpoint
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12.3 km
Wallingford Bridge
Highlight • Historical Site
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14.2 km
Cox's Lane to Ipsden
Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint
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19.4 km
Chilterns National Landscape
Highlight • Forest
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19.9 km
View of the Chiltern Hills
Highlight • Viewpoint
19.9 km
Blue Tin Farm Shop & Smokehouse
Highlight • Cafe
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23.6 km
Maharajah's Well and the Golden Elephant Statue
Highlight • Monument
The 368-foot deep well, under its domed canopy (made by a foundry in Wallingford), was paid for by the Maharajah of Benares (now Varanasi). He had met the young Edward Reade, the local squire, who spent many years in India where among other work he helped to sink a well for a village in Benares. He told the Maharajah that drought conditions also occurred on parts of the Chilterns.
Moved by Reade's stories of water shortage in Ipsden (the parish which then included the settlement of Stoke Row) – the water had to be fetched by hand from miles away – the Maharajah paid for a well to be dug in Stoke Row, at a cost of around £400, as well as a small well-keeper's cottage and a cherry orchard. The cherries from the orchard provided an income to help pay for the well’s upkeep.
The well is 4 feet in diameter, dug by hand mostly through chalk, and is deeper that the height of two Nelson's columns. It took a year to complete and was opened on the Queen’s birthday in 1864. The well was in use for over 70 years and was a huge benefit to Stoke Row as a community.
Prince Philip's visit to mark the well's centenary in 1964 is still remembered in the hand-coloured red helicopter on every copy of the village newsletter, the Stoke Row News.
In 2008 the canopy was re-painted to restore it to its original Victorian glory.
Tip by
32.4 km
Parkside Wood
Forest
39.5 km
Highmoor Common Wood
Forest
42.9 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
29.6 km
3.74 km
3.44 km
2.48 km
2.35 km
1.14 km
Surfaces
22.4 km
14.8 km
4.33 km
1.30 km
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Elevation
Highest point (210 m)
Lowest point (40 m)
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