Please note there is an amendment to planning application 22/00343
Which is the building of 20 houses on Strande Park.
The application has gone into the Borough. Please could everyone put their Objections in again
The address is:
Planning@rbwm.gov.uk. Just add...
An exciting event coming up on Sunday 1st October.
“Wheels” is an opportunity to see a range of interesting cars, motor bikes, tractors and more, which is organised by the lovely Webb family who run Forge Motors in Cookham High Street. This is held on...
The man, aged 25 from West London was arrested on 13 September on suspicion of Fraud by False Representation. He has been bailed while enquiries continue.
It relates to an alleged incident in Maidenhead, where a man claimed to be a police officer and attempted to...
The residents of New Road and Rosebank Close in Cookham have set up a new Neighbourhood Watch scheme for their area and the official signs were erected today by Neill and Craig, two of the residents.
There are only a few areas of Cookham that have a Neighbourhood...
Have you ever thought of Adult Education and doing a course on something that you have always wanted to know about? Local WEA Courses (starting 26 September) are available in the Cookham area. Courses include Art appreciation: Early Renaissance, History: The Best Pri...
🚘 If you live in the Royal Borough, you can apply online for free, virtual parking permits to join our Resident Parking Discount Scheme – offering one hour free in eight popular car parks in Maidenhead, Windsor, Eton and Datchet.
✅ Alma Road, Alexan...
A fitness company from Cippenham recently embarked upon a 24-hour ‘hiitstep-athon’ in aid of Thames Hospice.
The gruelling, round-the-clock event saw fundraisers and fitness fanatics exercise in hourly shifts by using high intensity interval training t...
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain expected in parts of Berkshire. Thankfully some sunshine could be set to follow.
The yellow weather warning comes into force at 4pm on Wednesday (September 20) and lasts until 3am on Thursday mornin...
Essential maintenance work to Cookham Bridge is set to get underway from October 2023, with a road closure due to be in place from Monday 16 October for approximately 20 weeks. The bridge will be closed to motor vehicles during the work, but pedestrian access will re...
We have 4 Harvest services happening this Sunday 24th September:
· 9.15am Harvest Eucharist - St John the Baptist, Cookham Dean (livestreamed)
· 11.00am Harvest Eucharist - Holy Trinity Church, Cookham
· 4.00pm Harvest Festival Families@4 - St John...
Crazies Hill Primary School is a small village school & we are looking for an Office Manager/receptionist. This is a great role if you're interested in a term-time only, school hours, admin role. For more details, please take a look at the vacancies section of our we...
Cabinet will consider proposals next week on how to provide subsidised bus services in a more affordable and sustainable way from 2024.
In the Royal Borough, around half of the bus routes are currently subsidised and the council invests £1.1 million a year to...
This year's Copas Turkey Cashback Scheme has now launched and you can raise money for your School PTA or your Sports Club when you order your Christmas turkey.
Simply add a "PTA/Charity Turkey Cashback" to your cart & Copas Turkeys will donate £5-£10 cash...
What is the Child Sexual Abuse Review Panel (CSARP)?
If a victim or survivor reported allegations of child sexual offences before 5 June 2013 and the police or the CPS decided that no further action should be taken at the time, they can request that the Child Sexu...
Please keep a look out for a missing tortoise only 4 years old and fairly small - Hillcrest Avenue next to Alfred Major park area. Dash does love to dig and bury himself.
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At the next Trinity Talk on Monday 16 October, local naturalist Brian Clews will give a talk entitled Where Have You Been Hiding, Ratty?
Kenneth Grahame wrote ‘Wind in the Willows’ featuring the delightful Ratty (in fact a Water Vole, not a rat!) whi...
The Cookham Festival is a celebration of the arts that takes place every 2 years in Cookham to raise money to promote the arts in the local area. Last year’s festival resulted in over £20,000 in donations to village schools & art projects.
With the succ...
In case you missed out or couldn’t make the weekday clinics
McParlands , Shifford Crescent , Maidenhead
01628 781817
Is running clinics to make it easier for patients to get vaccinated.
A fantastic positive response from all patients so far to our flu vacci...
I know a friend of a friend who has two apartments for sale. I don’t know if anyone is interested.
One two bedroom upstairs maisonette is £275,000 (freehold)
And the other is downstairs on ground floor with small garden (freehold) £285,000
Both...
Major plans for 200 homes in Cookham have been formally submitted after the site was allocated for development in the Borough Local Plan.
These homes are planned for land off Cannondown Road, in an open field north of Lower Mount Farm, Long Lane (also known under...
Get Golfing, the new owners of Winter Hill Golf Course have applied for a premises license to supply alcohol both on and off the premises including a late license Mon-Sun from 10.00am until half past midnight. They are also applying to hold indoor events 7 days per w...
10.00am Sunday 5th November at Holy Trinity Church.
We would like to invite everyone to our joint Benefice Service on Sunday 5th November for Rev Helen to thank her for her service to the Cookhams and to wish her well on her new venture. There will be refreshments...
The tea shop in Cookham High Street is looking for permission to make an extension, while there are plans for alterations to buildings and land in conservation areas. There are also a number of road closures.
H&H Property Partnership is looking for consent for an...
Barbara Walmsley has set up a collection point for unwanted books to go to the very successful Oxfam book and music shop in Cheltenham who were delighted to receive her late husband's books. They are very happy to be given any kind of book and will sell them in the s...
Wilko stores across Berkshire have been spared closure next week as 52 stores elsewhere in the UK are set to be permanently closed after the company entered administration last month. The company's administrators confirmed on Monday (September 5) that 24 branches acr...
A new secure cycle parking facility could be created at Windsor Leisure Centre, benefiting residents and centre staff who choose to pedal to the venue.
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead successfully bid for funding from Active Travel England to build the n...
The Royal Borough’s mayor is hosting a charity dinner in aid of the Household Cavalry Foundation, his former Army regiment, on Friday 20 October – and tickets are now available for this special fundraiser at the historic Windsor Guildhall.
Councillor N...
Cookham Pharmacy - Walk-in Flu vax clinics - Starts today.
** Aged 65 and over
** Aged 18 to 64 in one or more of these eligible categories:
Chronic Respiratory Disease
Chronic Heart Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Liver Disease
Chronic Neurological D...
Residents are being reminded not to lose their voice on decisions that affect them by making sure their details are up to date on the electoral register.
Each year, the council is required to undertake an annual canvass of all households in the borough to check th...
Get Golfing, the new owners of Winter Hill Golf Course have applied for a premises license to supply alcohol both on and off the premises including a late license Mon-Sun from 10.00am until half past midnight. They are also applying to hold indoor events 7 days per w...
Cookham Parish Council has resolved to take its ‘last chance’ to fight back against an influx of 200 new homes in the village.
At a meeting on Tuesday evening, the parish council and a score of Cookham residents discussed their disquiet about two appli...
Almost £6 million in ULEZ fines have been charged to Berkshire addresses since the scheme launched in 2019, data shows. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to Transport for London (TfL) revealed that 91,148 Penalty Charge Notices (PCN) have been issued to peo...
Nicholsons Broadway Car Park was closed in December 2022 after parts of the ceiling fell down.
The area was quickly closed off for "health and safety" reasons "for the foreseeable future".
The structure has stood closed off to the public to this day, with the t...
2023 MARLOW SANTA’S FUN RUN OPEN TO ENTRIES – BOOK EARLY AND SAVE MONEY!!!
EVENT WEBSITE NOW OPEN TO ENTRANTS
• Event takes place on Sunday December 3rd at 9.30AM
• Website now live – and 3000 Santas Suits in stock
• Signif...
COVID BOOSTER VACCINATION AUTUMN 2023
The Maidenhead Primary Care Network (MPCN) will be providing Covid Vaccinations from Saturday 16th September 2023 at The Desborough Suite, located behind the Town Hall.
They will be inviting eligible patients to book their...
UK travellers planning vacations to European destinations like Spain and Greece have been given a 30-day notice to prepare for a new entry requirement. This regulation mandates obtaining a European Union travel permit.
While most permits will be swiftly approved,...
All council-run schools in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead responded to government requests for information on dangerous concrete in buildings, the council has confirmed.
It comes after a Catholic school in Ascot – not run by the council –...
From Sarah Parfitt
This is just a quick update to say how much I enjoyed being part of this year's dig. It has been an absolutely amazing experience and I learnt so much.
Before everyone disappears to have a very important break, I would like to ask you one fi...
From 1st September it is necessary to carry photographic ID when embarking on U.K. domestic flights with British Airways. While a passport is not mandatory for domestic trac within the U.K., it is important to carry a form of photographic ID when flying with BA.
A...
Quintessential Brass will play music spanning the last 400 years, including original works for brass and arrangements of familiar light repertoire. Tickets cost £15 each and include a drink and canapés in the interval. Tickets or further information are ava...
It’s party time at Maidenhead Library on Friday 29 September, and you’re cordially invited to join in with the fun.
The event is being hosted on the ground and first floors of the library. There’ll be a party atmosphere with a DJ and dance floor,...
After three years of frustrating inaction by the EA the deadlock was finally broken when the Cookham Society contacted our MP, Theresa May, for help. Within a few weeks an onsite meeting was arranged at the weir attended by senior EA staff and representatives of the...
