Cookham, Berkshire
Cookham is a village in Berkshire in a lovely setting on the River Thames, four miles north of Maidenhead, between Marlow and Taplow. The village is distinct from Cookham Rise, which has a railway station and ...
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Windsor, Berkshire
Windsor is a town twenty miles west of London, on the River Thames. It is situated close to Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was sealed and Eton, home of the famous Eton College, which can be reached across the...
The Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Windsor Castle, 19th May 2018
When the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was announced and that the wedding would take place at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle on 19th May 2018, it immediately created worldwide interest.
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Yattendon, Berkshire
Yattendon is a small village, easily accessible from junctions 12 or 13 of the M4 motorway, seven miles north-east of Newbury in Berkshire. It has an interesting history. In the Domesday Book survey of 1086, it...
Aldworth, Berkshire
Aldworth is a prime example of a fascinating English village. In a tiny hamlet, who would expect to find giants, the ashes of the author of, ‘We will remember them’, one of the best pubs in the country and link...
Sonning, Berkshire
Sonning is a small attractive village on the River Thames, three miles east of Reading and just over an hour's drive from London. It is often featured in the media, due to the number of celebrities who have set...
Bray, Berkshire
Bray is a very pretty historical riverside village, on the banks of the River Thames, between Maidenhead and Windsor, Berkshire. It is also known as Bray on Thames. It has a wealth of cottages and very expensiv...
Hungerford, Berkshire
Hungerford is a small historic market town, nine miles west of Newbury, situated in the North Wessex Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The name, Hungerford, originates from the Saxon name, "Hanging ...
Kintbury, Berkshire
Kintbury is a small village, but has a railway station providing services to Reading and London. It is situated between the Lambourn Downs to the north and Hampshire Downs to the south. In the Sunday Times news...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford Wharf to Kintbury, Berkshire
Hungerford Wharf is a good place to start a walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath, which leads out of the town into the surrounding Wiltshire countryside. Hungerford is a market town, nine miles west of ...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Newbury Wharf to Marsh Benham, Berkshire
Newbury is an ideal start for a walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal. The walk along the towpath is very pretty. The town prospered from the canal transporting cloth from the various weaving houses and later, g...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Aldermaston Wharf to Woolhampton, Berkshire
Aldermaston Wharf, on the Kennet and Avon Canal between Newbury and Reading, was once a major trade centre. Two hundred years ago, goods were transported from here all over the world. Horse-drawn barges carried...
Remenham, Berkshire
Remenham is a hamlet on the Berkshire bank of the River Thames, east of Henley-on-Thames. The name means "home of the ravens" and is probably derived from the Saxon god, Woden, whose symbol was the raven. Most ...
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The Queen Mother at Royal Windsor Rose and Horticultural Show, 27th June 1997
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Lambourn, Berkshire
Lambourn is a village located in the Lambourn Valley, between beautiful chalk downlands, in the heart of the North Wessex Downs, which has been designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty. The open view...
East Garston, Berkshire
East Garston, situated below the Downs in the Lambourn Valley, is a beautiful village of thatched and timber-framed, brick-infilled cottages. All Saints Church is outside the village, near Manor Farm. Built of ...