View this route on OS maps. Key Facts This route is on the National Cycle Network. Route closure Due to security works by Eton College, the section of Route 4 and its link with Route 61 near Dorney Lake will be closed from July to September Please note We have taken all responsible steps to ensure that these routes are safe and achievable by people with a reasonable level of fitness.
The lake can be accessed by the public for walking. When we visited there were lots of walkers with their children who were on their bikes and scooters as the paths around the lake are flat, which is also great for buggies.
During our walk at Dorney Lake we saw a swan, grebes and cormorants and it was wonderful to see the grebes diving up and down in the water fishing. Once you enter the Dorney Lake entrance, there is a public car park.
Just up the road from the lake you will find Dorney Court which has a great little garden centre and cafe called Crocus at Dorney Court. This river has a great waterside cycling and walking trail running from Maidenhead to Eton.
You can virtually explore the cycle path on the northern side of the lake using the google street view link below. The Maidenhead River Walk runs from the nearby town to Windsor passing the lake on the way. For more walking ideas in the area see the Berkshire Walks page. Toggle navigation. Passing under the first of Windors two other bridges a railway bridge was built by Brunel. Then continue along the riverbank to the road bridge 2 where a large mural has been painted beneath the arch.
Carry on beneath the arch sticking to the riverbank. There is a pretty little wooden bridge before the path veers away from the Thames across a small field before rejoining the riverside.
A pleasant riverside stroll will take you past the spot when Eton schoolboys used to bathe look out for a plaque by a park bench. It is called Athens. No bathing at Athens on Sundays after 8. At Athens, boys who are undressed must either get at once into the water or get behind screens when boats containing ladies come in sight.
Boys when bathing are not allowed to land on the Windsor Bank or to swim out to launches and barges or to hang onto, or interfere with, boats of any kind. Any boy breaking this rule will be severely punished. Carry onward past the lock and you soon arrive at the riverside church of St Mary Magdalene, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Built of chalk rubble and flint, this little now-disused chapel was used by both locals and the bargemen who plied their trades on the Thames. Congratulations, you have now walked 2 miles in total.
On the day we walked by we were lucky enough to find the church open and had a good look around inside.
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