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| Cock Marsh again available for lovely walks |
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| Redding's Orchard |
Cookham is a celebrated village on the River Thames. It is notable as the home of the artist Stanley Spencer.
Three miles north of Maidenhead, on the county boundary with Buckinghamshire on the Thames north bank.
The highest part of Cookham is Cookham Dean, and a separate village and is served by two pubs, Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Jolly Farmer.
It is lovely spot at this time of year.
Some years ago friends of ours, with local neighbours banded together and bought Redding’s Orchard that sits in the centre of the village. The group all now tend to forty different varieties of apple trees!
Dropping down to the Thames there are several prehistoric burial mounds on Cock Marsh, which were excavated in the 19th century. The largest stone axe ever found in Britain was one of 10,000 that have been dug up in nearby Furze Platt.
The National Trust now manages Cock Marsh and with the easing of restrictions we can now begin again enjoy the lovely open countryside here, who’s chalk grasslands are home a huge community of plant species.
Do consider if for a lovely, details are here jaunt
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