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Evidence of the "lost" monastery was uncovered at Holy Trinity Church in Cookham The site of an 8th Century monastery that was believed to have been lost has been unearthed next to a church. The exact ...

A Grade II listed bridge is set to reopen, following a five-month revamp. Cookham Bridge, in Berkshire, closed on 16 October for work to re-waterproof it and replace bearings and joints. Royal Borough ...

Cookham is a village and civil parish in the north-easternmost corner of Berkshire in England, on the River Thames, notable as the home of the artist Stanley Spencer Cookham is a village and civil ...

A Berkshire riverside village has been named as one of the best places to live in the UK. Cookham made it onto the prestigious Sunday Times' Best Place to Live list. Every year a team of expert Times' ...

The village is a quintessentially British area, with beautiful Tudor-looking houses and plenty of pubs and tea rooms. Whilst growing up in Berkshire, Rosenthal loved to play cricket and was a key ...

The walk starts from the appealing village of Cookham in Berkshire and follows the Thames for a couple of miles. Climbing a short distance up Winter Hill you are rewarded with distant views across the ...

The bucolic banks of the Thames, dotted with fine pubs and historic locations, make a picturesque setting for exploring the life and times of one of England’s greatest artists Cookham, a Thames-side ...

Archaeologists have discovered a long-lost royal site that played a key part in the rise of London as England’s dominant political and economic centre. Excavations in Berkshire are revealing how ...