From the start to the A329 roundabout, it's unpleasant, but soon you'll find yourself on the quiet Burleigh Road (photo #1) going north. Forest Road has a path next to it, which is even separated so fairly safe, even though there was quite a bit of traffic (photo #4). Winkfield Road has a narrow path again (photo #7, #8), but it's only a short stretch, and not unsafe....

Derick Rethans

I walked from Maidenhead to Beaconsfield on a warm sunny Autumn day, it was lovely....

Strider

An excellent Slow Way that avoids the main roads out of Maidenhead; to join the Thames Path at Bray, and follows it almost all the way into Eton....

Martin Ellis

These pass Dorney Lake, the historic Dorney Court, and St James the Less Church (Photo 3). A footpath from Dorney joins the Jubilee River Way....

Martin Ellis

A Slow Way that makes good use of footpaths and quiet lanes, particularly at the Maidenhead end. There’s an urban walk out of Ascot: leafy roads, an avenue past a stud farm, and a stretch of the B3034 (Photo 1)....

Martin Ellis

Agree with last review this 9km walk on pavements beside the busy A4, not suitable as a Slow Way!...

Berkshire Walker

You leave Maidenhead (photo #1) soon behind, with a pleasant section through the Braywick Nature Reserve (photo #2)....

Derick Rethans

There are plenty of opportunities to sit down on a bench along the route and the footpaths were easily recognizable on the ground. The only reason I don't give five stars to this route is the fact that the route requires walkers to cross from Broad Way across Wycombe End street....

Petr Sadilek

A beautiful walk with mostly good path, great views, and plenty of opportunity to spy red kites soaring in the air....

Ingrina

A little road walking through Bray then more wooded paths toward the Jubilee River. I have done Maislo2 also which has more riverside walking but also more road on the approach to Maidenhead and no stop in Dorney...

Strider

The next stretch of the route leads via quiet narrow roads and lanes until it emerges at a busy Drift Road. When it reaches the Mount Skippets Farm, the route is blocked on the left hand side towards the farm but there is a way round the farm if you turn right. After some 150m walking along a hedge, you need to turn right but there seemed to be no path visible on the ground....

Petr Sadilek

The route passes through a wood in Beaconsfield, which is a nice change from walking on suburban roads. From Cookham the route follows the Thames Path, but there is about a mile of walking down to the river from Cookham....

Ianschagen

A mostly quiet walk through a green countryside with a couple of sections where walkers need to share a road with cars. For instance a turn to Hibbert Road from Windsor Road in Bray Wick....

Petr Sadilek

Walking towards Winkfield Row is on a pavement which ends when you turn to Braziers Lane. The next stretch of the route leads via quiet narrow roads and lanes until it emerges at a busy Drift Road. When it reaches the Mount Skippets Farm, the route is blocked as shown on the fourth photo below. From what I see on the map it should be possible to go away from the gate and round the Mount Skippets Farm instead. After some 150m walking along a hedge, you need to turn right but there seemed to be no path visible on the ground....

Petr Sadilek

A Slow Way following the course of the artificial Jubilee River, albeit bookended by urban walks....

Martin Ellis

This would be quite hard work with a wheelchair but there are lovely views along the river from the top. The route then follows the path along the river, which is a lovely stretch of the walk....

Sheila Attenborough

Going through Braywick Park, you share part of the route with the Maidenhead ParkRun, and it can get muddy in parts after some rains. This is a beautiful part of the route where you pass Bray Marina, Oakley Court and Windsor Marina (all on your right), while Dorney Lake is on your left. Some of us have used this path for cycling before and it can get very muddy after some rainfall, and otherwise as well not suitable for wheelchairs, as it is a rugged path. Many people use this for walking this dogs, running & cycling, so it can get busy at times.! 1) Take a toilet break at the Braywick Leisure Centre (get off the track for a bit from Braywick Park) as there are no other real places you could use toilets along the way after this. As most of the route is busy, finding a spot in the bushes will not be easy!...

Kanika Punj

An enjoyable mainly traffic free and quiet route, especially the rural middle section between Ruscombe and Lillibrooke Manor, taking in several pretty villages, old manors, and historic churches, with plenty of wildlife, and a few country pubs on route. Section through suburban Maidenhead less interesting as expected....

Berkshire Walker

I walked from Henley to Maidenhead....

Strider

After leaving the river, there is a rather uninspiring urban-walk over the Thames bridge and through Maidenhead to the High Street....

Martin Ellis

Walked by the uploader in October 2022....

Sumaria

Down a busy main road from Slough station (although you could follow the cycle path signs down quieter streets and still end up on the Jubilee Rive Way) to the cycle path alongside the Jubilee river. At the Slough end glimpses of the river are rare through the dense riverside hedging, but the compacted gravel path is generally easy going, and even after recent torrential rain there was little mud and the puddles were shallow, this path is good for wheels, flat without gradients, but not always smooth....

Strider

From Twyford train station it’s a short urban walk to the rail bridge (Photo 1) and onto footpaths. The urban walk into Maidenhead follows the cycle route to the train station, via a park; and then to the town centre....

Martin Ellis

It leaves the road at a recreation ground (Photo 1) to join a shaded byway north (Photo 2). After crossing the Ascot Road, the Slow Way becomes footpath through woods (photo 5)....

Martin Ellis

Strangely the route doesn't start/end at the Maidenhead Railway station but the station is only 1km away from the start which is outside the beautiful Maidenhead library....

Slow Ways Darren

I think it’s the result of the public right of way being moved from the main driveway, to the field alongside, at some point in the past, but OS maps hasn’t caught up and still shows it coming up the main drive. So … at Lillibrook Manor follow the path in the field alongside the main gravel drive, whichever direction you are coming from! After leaving Twyford and walking along a road (pavement) for a while, there comes the start of an absolutely gorgeous series of woodland, field and lane which emerges in due course at Waltham St Lawrence. Leaving Waltham St Lawrence the route now heads to White Waltham....

Jane Taylor

A very pleasant walk from Henley which heads east, following parts of The Chiltern Way and Thames Path; then turns south through landscape managed by the Berkshire College of Agriculture, to end with an urban walk into Maidenhead. The route then joins the Thames Path as it leaves the riverside to cross a deer park (Photo 2). The attractive wood is managed by the Berkshire College of Agriculture and there are signs asking walkers to keep to the current designated path, which might not necessarily follow the exact route....

Martin Ellis

There was a little bit too much urban walking in Maidenhead, otherwise this would have been a 5 star route. Out of Marlow you cross the Thames on a lovely bridge and after a little bit along a street you cross a field to go underneath the A404....

Derick Rethans

The next section passes the rowing centre at Dorney, which was a venue in the 2012 Olympic Games. Highly recommend this route if you want a quiet entry to/exit from Maidenhead....

Jane Taylor

I really enjoyed walking this route between Maidenhead and Eton. The dog leg coming out of Braywick Park onto Hibbert Road is to avoid walking a blind corner, coming from Eton direction it may seem uneccesary. A bit further on the the route turns onto fields and heads directly to Eton....

Jane Taylor

Easy to follow and easy walking along the Jubilee River. Inevitably quite a lot of town walking at either end. It was a national cycle route so the path was accessible....

Phil Edwards

The only spot where I was misled was close to Maidenhead at Lillibrooke Manor where I entered a graveled road via a wide gate only to find 50m down the road that there is no exit and I had to climb a fence to get to the stile next to it....

Petr Sadilek

It takes an hour to walk out of Maidenhead along residential roads (occasional shops for snack top-ups) but then it is delightful through Maidenhead Thicket, Burchetts Green, the college of agriculture, the Thames Path and the grounds of Culham Court, and the walk in to Henley. Culham Court. View from Culham Court to the river, with daffodils4...

Sumaria

From Taplow Riverside to Hedsor, the route does not exist. The footpaths are not present, the land is part of Taplow Court (private) or Cliveden (National Trust) and the 3rd apparent river crossing on the Jubilee river is not present at all....

Sumaria

It’s still straightforward to follow and you’re almost always in sight of water, so it really was quite pleasant and lovely walking....

mtormey

Near the end of the route, the footpath was blocked by a Homebase and other large stores, which forced me to walk around them and on the other side of a small canal (York Stream), see attached image. The route finished in central Maidenhead, near the library....

Sumaria

There is no path on this side of the river from Maidenhead and it is not accessible....

Di

Good route along the Jubilee River. Some town walking which cannot be avoided....

se71

By the time I got to the bridge I was already reaching for my inhaler, and there's more to come before getting to the Jubilee River and the start of off-road walking. Compared with walking along the Thames path I found the Jubilee a little dull....

Jane Taylor

I walked this route starting at the Maidenhead train station. It was just a short walk to the start in Maidenhead town centre. I thought the route through the town was pleasant, and a brief pass under an underpass led to a long stretch out of Maidenhead through really lovely parks and open spaces tucked among residential neighborhoods. At this point, the route takes you on a diversion to get to a pub, but I just skipped that and followed Winter Hill Road north. I never had to do any road walking along Winter Hill Road - paths are there, it just took a bit of searching to find them!...

mtormey

Starting at Maidenhead, there is a short amount of street walking to reach the Thames towpath at Bridge Gardens (Photo 1)....

Martin Ellis

The Golden Ball pub (Photo 4) is on a short loop off the road....

Martin Ellis

It is a fair bit of walking though, so my recommendation would be start early....

mustardandmargarita

At one point I mistakenly wandered into private grounds because the route omitted highlighting a side-path that skirted private grounds (in White Waltham)....

SofaJockey

The only stretch of road where it's necessary to walk on the verge of a road with fast traffic is Drift Road but the route takes a turn off very quickly....

Petr Sadilek

Heading up a steep hill from the valley bottom along a very narrow footpath, the route cuts along good paths through Berkshire College of Agriculture grounds to Burchett's Green....

SofaJockey

This route could be fixed without too much effort, but in my view it would be better to fully follow the Thames (MaiWin) or instead follow the Jubilee river....

SofaJockey

The path does cut through a few gardens (where you feel quite gated in) and there are a couple of narrow points, but this is a top quality Slow Way with much to offer....

SofaJockey

The route passes Frost Folly park and goes through Braywick Nature Reserve....

SofaJockey

I've given 'yes' verification because the route isn't broken (it works) but it's hardly what Slow Ways is all about and adds nothing to what Google Maps would serve up to drive from Maidenhead to Slough....

SofaJockey

It's a modern river (1990's) so it's not a mature walk by any means, but it's a nice alternative to the main road through Slough Trading Estate. The path under the motorway could be flooded when the river is at a high level....

SofaJockey

It passes a pub at the mid-point as well as the entrance to the National Trust 'Brick and Tile Works' woodland. Then the route descends into Maidenhead along country lanes and mostly off-road footpaths....

SofaJockey

An easy, flat route that starts at Windsor and Eton Central station and ends at Maidenhead Town Hall and Library, and follows the Thames Path National Trail. Lots to see along the route, plenty of benches to stop for a rest, no stiles. Joggers, dog walkers and cyclists also use the path....

EwartCF

An alternative is to follow the Thames Path along the Berkshire bank to Cookham Bridge and then take the footpath to Hedsor and rejoin the existing route; but an even better (shorter) alternative is to follow the National Trust path from Maidenhead town centre through Maidenhead Commons to Cookham and thence over the bridge. The route from Cookham to Beaconsfield via Hedsor and Berghers Hill is lovely; it's worth the small detour to visit Cookham and Hedsor churches....

ottocrat

The earliest you pass a pub is just over 6 miles (if walking from Maidenhead to Twyford direction) at Waltham St....

Lisa Matthews

I walked from the Maidenhead side where the route quickly attempts to take you down private roads, through buildings and along non-existing paths....

SofaJockey

This route is a little more than the 7 miles quoted and there is quite a steep climb through the woods....

Lisa Matthews

The summary is that I don't think this route should be verified as it contains 3 sections with gated/private paths/roads, includes a long stretch down a fast road with uneven verges and misses two further opportunities for pleasant alternative walks off-road. Crossing York Road, the footpath follows the ‘Green Way’ until it tunnels under the railway line and soon arrives at Stafferton Way. The route recommends continuing along the footpath to Hibbert Road, but this leaves you on a road with a blind bend and no verge to speak of. It would be much better for the route to instead continue to follow the signposted ‘Green Way’ though the park, reaching Hibbert Road at the Braywick car park. Hibbert Road soon brings you to the main Braywick Road and passing the Esso towards Holyport. The marked route takes you on a non-connecting cut-through down a private road. Passing the roundabout you’re then walking the Ascot Road south. A narrow pavement (~60cm) on the Ascot Road takes you towards Holyport Green. Moneyrow Green is pleasant enough rural housing, but to increase ‘off-road’ walking, there’s a preferable ‘Primrose Lane’ bridleway. Emerging onto Forest Green Road, there’s a firm bridleway a few paces along the road, ‘Blackbird Lane’. ‘Blackbird Lane’ is a nicely surfaced bridleway heading down towards Drift Road. Drift Road is a straight and fast road with narrow unstable verges unsuitable for easy walking. It would be much better to cut East towards Hogoak Lane, negating most of the need to travel Drift Road, but that’s not the route we’re on. The 0.6 mile up-hill stretch of Drift Road is no fun at all. The subsequent route is along a farm road (Hawthorn Road. Instead we continue south along Weller’s Lane, meeting up with the route again at a small park, ‘Frost’s Folly’. Weller’s Lane narrows to a single track, but there’s little traffic to dodge bar the occasional car and tractor. Continuing south down Weller’s Lane, we head west along Westhatch Lane, to find our route south blocked by a gate and a farm that clearly intends not be a through-route. A short stretch through Warfield along the busier Warfield Street and Forest Road brings us to the next footpath heading south. Crossing the roundabout on Harvest Ride, we continue south on the Quelm Lane footpath....

SofaJockey