

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 18km wonder along river Thames exploring charming Cookham & Marlow towns and Spade Oak reserve
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 10:45 am
- **Event Description**: 18km wonder along river Thames exploring charming Cookham &amp; Marlow towns and Spade Oak reserve

Date: Saturday 31st of January 2026
Hike start: 10:45am outside Cookham train station
Train meeting: meet us near platform 5 at 9:50am for our 10:08am train at Paddington station
Distance: around 18km
Difficulty: intermediate - reasonable fitness required
Finish: at around 5pm back in Cookham

Well behaved dogs are very welcome :-) You may need to put your lovely pets on lead at times to respect farmer's land and other animals.

Join us on this lovely 18km wonder along the River Thames exploring charming Marlow town and its lovely High Street shops, Cookham, Cookham Dean villages and Spade Oak nature reserve :-)

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Please note that we are a very easy going group and not super fast, we wait for everyone so everyone feels included. We take regular breaks, pop in for a coffee, take a lot of pictures and most importantly thoroughly enjoy the day rather than rush from A to B.
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COOKHAM
The little village of Cookham is situated in a particularly delightful spot by the River Thames. This area of the Thames Valley is thought to have inspired the 'Wind in the Willows' children stories, by the author Kenneth Grahame, who lived in nearby Cookham Dean.

MARLOW
Marlow is without a doubt one of the loveliest locations on the River Thames, set amongst the rich meadows of the river valley and alongside the woodlands of the Chiltern Hills. The town’s most famous landmark is the suspension bridge which spans the River Thames and joins the counties of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The bridge was designed by William Tierney Clark and first opened in 1832.

We will walk up and down Marlow High Street and enjoy little window shopping and coffee there :-)

ALLEYNS LANE Sixteenth Century Cottages
This cluster of buildings is historically and architecturally the most significant in the village and were part of the draw of the rural idyll back to Cookham Dean for Kenneth Grahame, whose childhood years spent in the village were his happiest. 

WINTER HILL
Managed by the National Trust, the name is believed to derive from its usage as winter pasture for livestock. It consists of a mixture of open grassland, blocks of scrub and wooded slopes.

IMPORTANT INFO TO READ ?

**GUIDED HIKE FEE**

£10 - please message us for bank payment details. Your space is only confirmed after payment!

The £10 fee includes 2 lowland leaders, 1st aid kit, admin fee, 2 outdoor 1st aiders, cost of pre-walking the hike and public liability insurance. It excludes train tickets, meals etc.

**MEETING**

MEET US OUTSIDE COOKHAM TRAIN STATION AT 10:40am
Cookham train station has a larger car park
https://www.apcoa.co.uk/find-parking/locations/cookham/cookham-station-cookham

OR

If traveling by train with us, please meet us near platform 5 at 9:50am for our 10:08am Great Western Railway train from Paddington station. We need to change at Maidenhead for our train to Cookham at 10:34am.

Return train ticket costs £13.30 with network railcard discount (£20 full price)

Trains go out and back only once every hour so please don't be late.

I won't be booking table in a pub and we will decide depending on the people's interest on the day!

**WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU**

Packed lunch, snacks, coffee, tea, soup in a flask, lots of water, suitable warm &amp; waterproof clothing and footwear and mat to sit on for our lunch time in the nature.

*HIKE GRADE*

18km - intermediate with one steeper hill 

**HIKING KIT LIST**

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uNOlTeHhwwdBz1O5BOxYpGlIeMl2V0JvjVH9phAf4dI/edit

**MEDICAL CONDITIONS**

**If you have any medical conditions, it's your responsibility to let me know before you sign up for any of our hikes.**

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13AC-smKi0juPnaLPz4vv414v-LSAQRGT/edit

**Our GDPR policy**

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VSSWQDP0GdTGeUbVL6Wk70Sj3MmtAP_K/edit

**REFUND POLICY**

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pMPWGGgl4titAoPweM2ZxAiPNh_vvt5N3TyAfqQTtKk/edit

*ALL OUR HIKING TERMS &amp; CONDITIONS*

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q7RKEvhHxe9Dp-W-kQOZdExTOfsw8mIxPIp8LVW0z2U/edit?fbclid=IwAR3e6mlBRckPFRG3uNT_6Maf-iUgFtYUyX8Ls11DTVZBjvmMCtRXUc8mK8Q

By signing up for our walks you agree to the Muddy Hikers T&amp;Cs above and accept your own responsibility for any risk of personal injury associated with the activity.

As an additional highly recommended precaution is for you to take out hiking insurance from BMC as Muddy Hikers will not be liable for any injuries sustained on our hikes.

Please drop us a message if you have any further questions about this hike ?

See you all soon!

Stana and Richy **
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Cookham railway station
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- **full address**: Cookham railway station, Maidenhead, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 31 Jan, 2026 at 10:45 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Cookham railway station, Maidenhead, United Kingdom
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trekking, trips-adventures, meetups, art, literary-art, nonprofit, shopping, dog
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