Visit Cookham Places

Welcome to Visit Cookham Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Cookham

  

Cookham Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cookham

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Cookham history

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The area has been inhabited for thousands of years with prehistoric burial mounds. By the 8th century there was an Anglo-Saxon abbey in Cookham and one of the later abbesses was Cynethryth, widow of King Offa of Mercia. Later King Alfred made Sashes Island one of his burhs to defend against Viking invaders.

Cookham geography / climate

The ancient parish of Cookham covered all of Maidenhead north of the London and Bath Road until this was severed in 1894. The River Thames flows past Cookham on its way between Marlow and Taplow. Several Thames islands belong to Cookham, such as Odney Island, Formosa Island and Sashes Island.

You can visit Cookham places with Walkfo Cookham to hear history at Cookham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cookham has 65 places to visit in our interactive Cookham map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cookham, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cookham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cookham & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 65 audio facts unique to Cookham places in an interactive Cookham map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Cookham Places Map
65 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Cookham historic spots	Cookham tourist destinations	Cookham plaques	Cookham geographic features
Walkfo Cookham tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Cookham

  

Best Cookham places to visit

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Cookham has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cookham’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cookham’s information audio spots:

Westhorpe House Westhorpe House is a 31,937 square feet (2,967.0 m) Grade II listed building near Little Marlow. It is believed to have once been the home of Field marshal Sir George Nugent.

Marlow Rugby Union Football Club Marlow Rugby Club is an English Rugby Union club that was formed in 1947. It currently has 4 senior sides, ladies, Colts, full Youth (most age groups run 2 sides) and Mini Section.

Cliveden Cliveden is one of the National Trust’s most popular pay-for-entry visitor attractions, hosting 524,807 visitors in 2019. The main house sits 40 metres (130 ft) above the banks of the River Thames, and its grounds slope down to the river. It has been the home to a Prince of Wales, two Dukes, an Earl, and finally the Viscounts Astor.

Nashdom Nashdom, also known as Nashdom Abbey, is a former country house and Benedictine abbey in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. Designed in Neo-Georgian style by architect Edwin Lutyens, it is a Grade II* listed building.

Sol Studios Sol Studios is a recording studio located in Cookham, Berkshire, England. The property was bought in 1974 by Gus Dudgeon, and the studio was built in the following year. Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page bought the studio in 1988. HSH Music, a partnership of Rod Halling, Roy Shipston and Simon Holmes, purchased the studio. They redeveloped it into over the next two years into a commercial three-studio complex.

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