Cookham
Cookham is a historic Thames-side village and civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, 2.9 miles (5 km) north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End.
Cookham is a historic Thames-side village and civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, 2.9 miles (5 km) north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End. Cookham forms the southernmost and most rural part of the High Wycombe urban area. With adjoining Cookham Rise and Cookham Dean, it had a combined population of 5,779 at the 2011 Census. In 2011, The Daily Telegraph deemed Cookham Britain's second richest village.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Stanley Spencer Gallery
The Kings Hall, High Street (at the W corner of High Street), info@stanleyspencer.org.uk.
- 02Holy Trinity Church
A parish church mostly built in the 12th century.
- 03Cookham Bridge
It was depicted in Stanley Spencer's Swan Upping at Cookham painting.
From Wikivoyage: Cookham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Have a walk along the shores and islands of the River Thames:
- 01Cookham Lock
One of the routes starts from Odney Lane near the gallery, then goes via bridge to Formosa Island, then to Cookham Lock Island and finishes at the lock.
- 02Cookham Reach Sailing Club
Another route is to W of the bridge towards a sailing club.
From Wikivoyage: Cookham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01The Ferry
A nice pub and a restaurant overlooking the Cookham Bridge and the river moorings.
- 02The Bel and Dragon
Yet another cosy pub and a restaurant close to the gallery.
- 03Spice Merchant Cookham
From Wikivoyage: Cookham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Cookham
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 20 km · London Luton (LTN), 42 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 58 km
- Luton, Luton → Cookham41 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £6–8
- London → Cookham41 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £4.5–6
- London, Essex → Cookham41 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £4.5–6
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cookham
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cookham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe nearest major ferry port to Henley-on-thames is Harbour which is located next to the city of Portsmouth.
From Wikivoyage: Henley-on-Thames, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Cookham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Cookham
Cookham is 22 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.