Cookham
in Windsor and Maidenhead of England, United Kingdom

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Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
51.559 and -0.708 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 51° 33' 33" and W -0° 42' 29"
Currency and Currency Code:
Pound - GBP
Spoken languages:
English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 11:18 AM (Tuesday)
Timezone: Europe/London
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
6:05 am and 6:15 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay
References
This place on Wikipedia
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Current travel safety evaluation for United Kingdom in Northern Europe

Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-03-19 07:55:12

Discover Cookham

Cookham in Windsor and Maidenhead (England) with it's 5,422 citizens is a town in United Kingdom about 25 mi (or 41 km) west of London, the country's capital city.

Current time in Cookham is now 11:18 AM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 11 airports near Cookham, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is RAF Northolt in a distance of 12 mi (or 20 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Blenheim Palace in a distance of 20 mi (or 32 km), North. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. We discovered 2 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Maidenhead, Bray, Bisham, White Waltham and Hurley. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 55 °F

Morning Temperature 10°C / 49 °F
Evening Temperature 11°C / 52 °F
Night Temperature 10°C / 50 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 86%
Air Pressure 1016 hPa
Wind Speed Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from North-East
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Wednesday, 20th of March 2024

13°C (55 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.

Thursday, 21st of March 2024

12°C (54 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.

Friday, 22nd of March 2024

10°C (49 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Hurley House Hotel

Address
3,9 mi
Henley Road
SL6 5LH Hurley
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:30 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Cliveden

Address
1,2 mi
Cliveden Estate
SL6 0JF Maidenhead
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Macdonald Compleat Angler

Address
2,8 mi
Marlow Bridge
SL7 1RG Marlow
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 0:00
Weekend: closed


Restaurant and Spa Fredricks Hotel

Address
3,6 mi
Shoppenhangers ROAD
SL6 2PZ Maidenhead
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Taplow House

Address
2,2 mi
Berry Hill 1
SL6 0DA Taplow
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 23:59
Weekend: closed


Crowne Plaza MARLOW

Address
2,1 mi
Fieldhouse Lane
SL7 1GJ MARLOW
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Pinkneys Court Mews

Address
3,2 mi
Lee Lane
SL6 6PE Maidenhead
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 16:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Burnham Beeches

Address
2,9 mi
Grove Road
SL1 8DP Burnham,Slough
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Grovefield House

Address
2,0 mi
Taplow Common Road
SL1 8LP Slough
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 6:00 - 23:00
Weekend: closed


Sanctum on the Green

Address
1,6 mi
The Old Cricket Common
SL6 9NZ Cookham Dean
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Videos from this area

These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.

DJI F550 Drone Flight Over Ray Mill Island, Maidenhead.

Published: April 13, 2014
Length: 51:56 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Solaris Fireball

Launched the DJI F550 over the river, had a quick closeup view of the weir from angles I've never seen it from before, did a quick lap of ray mill island and then came back in to land by the river.


David Walliams arrives at Boulters Lock in Maidenhead HD

Published: September 11, 2011
Length: 21:30 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: knight1189

David stops for a short break at Boulters Lock during his Thames swim, Saturday 10th of September 2011.


Boulter's Lock Weir

Published: February 09, 2014
Length: 18:04 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: 110burgundy

The River Thames in flood at Boulter's Lock Weir, Maidenhead on the afternoon of 9 February 2014.


Cookham Lock

Published: September 01, 2013
Length: 08:55 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: BikerSpeedTriple

I went to investigate Cookham, which is a village on the River Thames. It's a really nice area with lots of interest about. I figured that the lock would be a nice place to sit and have some...


DJI F550 Drone over Odney (near Cookham) Part 1

Published: April 28, 2014
Length: 42:47 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Solaris Fireball

Flight over Odney and parts of Cookham.


Kayaking in Cookham: Bonus Clip -- 9 January 2014

Published: January 12, 2014
Length: 09:09 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: andrewburdett

Footage of Jay Brickell and Chris Evans loading the kayaks onto the water for the first time. For the more polished, edited 'Production' video of kayaking in Cookham, see:


Cookham Bridge Floods December 2012

Published: January 20, 2013
Length: 03:35 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: James Jiimmy

River Thames flooding 2012 at Cookham bridge, Berkshire.


River Thames Sailing at Cookham - Winter Series Race

Published: October 15, 2012
Length: 44:56 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: CookhamReach

One very still November morning on the River Thames.


Cookham Mini Ramp 2012

Published: June 19, 2012
Length: 35:14 min
Rating: 2 of 5
Author: LiabilitySkateboards

Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/44265970 www.liabilityskate.blogspot.com www.twitter.com/old_skool_paul Filmed: on Canon 60D with Rokinion 8mm Fisheye Camera Tracking & Stabilising in: Nuke 6.3 ...


Where Would You Go? - Wayfaring Student

Published: December 28, 2014
Length: 28:24 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Wayfaring Student

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? What would you do? Wayfaring Student is a unique travel website with tips, guides, travelogues, stories, aimed at young travellers...


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Cookham railway station

Cookham railway station serves the village of Cookham, Berkshire, England. First Great Western trains between Maidenhead and Marlow serve the station, as well as through services to and from London Paddington in peak hours Monday to Friday. The station has a ticket office, waiting room and toilets. Cookham station was opened by the Wycombe Railway in 1854. The station now has a single platform. A second platform survives but is disused. The former Station House is now let to private occupants.

Located at 51.557, -0.722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway stations in Berkshire, Former Great Western Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1854, Railway stations served by First Great Western, DfT Category E stations

Cookham Lock

Cookham Lock is a lock with weirs situated on the River Thames near Cookham, Berkshire. The lock is set in a lock cut which is one of four streams here and it is surrounded by woods. On one side is Sashes Island and on the other is Mill Island connected to Formosa Island, the largest on the non-tidal Thames. There are several weirs here. Hedsor weir was placed across the old navigation channel in 1837, seven years after the lock was opened.

Located at 51.5613, -0.695442 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Locks of Berkshire, Locks on the River Thames, Weirs on the River Thames

Stanley Spencer Gallery

The Stanley Spencer Gallery is a small gallery in Cookham, a village next to the River Thames in the English county of Berkshire.

Located at 51.5597, -0.7073 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Art museums and galleries in Berkshire, Biographical museums in Berkshire, Museums in Berkshire, Buildings and structures in Windsor and Maidenhead, Art museums established in 1962, Methodist churches in England, Religious buildings completed in 1846, 1962 establishments in England

A4094 road

The A4094 is a road in the United Kingdom that starts at Loudwater in Buckinghamshire and leads to Maidenhead in Berkshire.

Located at 51.5643, -0.70587 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Roads in England, Roads in Berkshire, Transport in Buckinghamshire

Bourne End Railway Bridge

Bourne End Railway Bridge is a railway bridge carrying the Marlow Branch Line, and a footpath over the River Thames in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach between Cookham Lock and Marlow Lock. The bridge was originally constructed in wood by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as part of the Wycombe Railway, opened in 1854 and operated in broad gauge until 1870. The narrow spans were unpopular with river traffic and it was reconstructed in steel in 1895.

Located at 51.575, -0.714167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Bridges in Berkshire, Bridges in Buckinghamshire, Pedestrian bridges across the River Thames, Bridges across the River Thames, Railway bridges in England, Bridges completed in 1895

Cock Marsh

Cock Marsh is an area of flat water meadows and steep chalk hillsides near Cookham village and civil parish in the north-eastern corner of Berkshire in England, on the River Thames. It covers 46 acres and has been common land used for grazing since 1272. It was bought by local villagers and given to the National Trust in 1934. It has four burial mounds that are scheduled monuments. One has a height of 2m, three others around 0.2-0.8m.

Located at 51.574, -0.718 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
National Trust properties in Berkshire, Parks and open spaces in Berkshire, Parks and open spaces on the River Thames, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead

Formosa Island

Formosa Island is an island in the River Thames in England at Cookham Lock near Cookham, Berkshire, with two smaller adjacent islands. The island is one of the largest on the non-tidal river Thames with 50 acres of woodland. It can be reached by footbridge from Cookham. It is between two of the four channels in the river at Cookham, the one closest to Cookham was once the mill stream to a paper mill at Cookham. The one on the other side leads to Odney Weir.

Located at 51.5639, -0.6989 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Geography of Berkshire, Islands of the River Thames

Hedsor House

Hedsor House is a Georgian style mansion in England, Great Britain in the southern most point of Buckinghamshire in the village of Hedsor, Taplow. Perched overlooking the River Thames, a Manor house at Hedsor can be dated back to 1166 when the estate was owned by the de Hedsor Family. In the 18th Century it was a royal residence of Princess Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales. It is the film location of Beecham House in Dustin Hoffman's Quartet starring Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon.

Located at 51.5656, -0.6914 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Country houses in Buckinghamshire, William Chambers buildings

Bavin's Gulls

Bavin's Gulls or Sloe Grove Islands are a group of islands in the River Thames in England on the reach known as Cliveden Deep above Boulter's Lock, near Maidenhead, Berkshire. This reach of the Thames was described by Jerome K. Jerome in Three Men in a Boat as "unbroken loveliness this is, perhaps, the sweetest stretch of all the river...". Bavin's Gulls consists of two large and two small thin wooded strips; they are part of the Cliveden Estate and are owned by the National Trust.

Located at 51.5478, -0.691667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Geography of Berkshire, Geography of Buckinghamshire, Islands of the River Thames

Hedsor Water

Hedsor Water is a backwater of the River Thames near Cookham, Berkshire which leaves the river above Cookham Lock and rejoins at the tail of the lock cut, running alongside Sashes Island. Hedsor Water was once the main course of the Thames but was by-passed for navigation by the construction of Cookham Lock in 1830. Navigation is only possible for the first 100 metres from the downstream end where a few temporary moorings are available.

Located at 51.5656, -0.6989 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Tributaries of the River Thames, Geography of Buckinghamshire

Sashes Island

Sashes Island is an island in the River Thames in England at Cookham Lock near Cookham, Berkshire. It is now open farmland, but has Roman and Anglo-Saxon connections. The island is located between Hedsor Water and the present navigation channel leading to Cookham Lock. It can be reached from Cookham by footbridges across three channels of the River Thames via Formosa Island and Mill Island. Its name is derived from Sceaftesege or "Sceaf’s Isle".

Located at 51.5639, -0.6989 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Geography of Berkshire, Islands of the River Thames

Cookham Abbey

Cookham Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon nunnery in Berkshire, England. It was established in 726.

Located at 51.5611, -0.707551 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Monasteries in Berkshire, 726 establishments, Buildings and structures in Windsor and Maidenhead, 8th-century establishments in England, Christian monasteries established in the 8th century


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