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Great Marlow is a civil parish within Wycombe district in the English county of Buckinghamshire, lying north of the town of Marlow and south of High Wycombe. The parish includes the hamlets of Bovingdon Green, Burroughs Grove, Chisbridge Cross and Marlow Common.
- Marlow Bridge
- Thames Path
- Chiltern Hills
- Higginson Park
- Marlow Lock
- Marlow Common
- All Saints’ Church
- Marlow Museum
- Boat Trips
- Water Activities
Marlow has been a crossing point on the Thames since at least 1227. As traffic increased in the 19th century the town needed a new bridge to replace the old wooden one, and the civil engineer William Tierney Clark was hired to build it. He produced one of the most handsome crossings on the Thames. Balanced by two triumphal arches and with cables an...
The 184-mile trail next to the Thames passes through the riverside graveyard of All Saints’ Church in Marlow. You’re promised delightful scenery whether you head upriver towards Henley or down to Maidenhead. Walking west there are meadows with wildflowers and grazing livestock, river islands, churches (Bisham Church is lovely over the water), locks...
Immediately north of Marlow the countryside becomes hilly as you enter the Chilterns, a 46-mile escarpment running diagonally from Oxfordshire to Bedfordshire. At Marlow you don’t need a car to enter this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as there are two circular walks beginning right in the town and beckoning you into this landscape of rolling h...
Marlow’s main outdoor space is a spread of lawn beside the river, clustered with mature trees. Higginson Park is awarded a Green Flag every year, and even though you’ll enter from Marlow’s High Street the park is bordered to the west by nothing but open countryside. You can idle in summer watching a cricket match, or pause by the river where you ma...
Watching the river traffic at Marlow Lock you might be surprised to learn that there used to be fights here between millers and navigators, squabbling over the shallow draught. This is thought to have been the site of a flash lock in the 14th century, while the Weir behind was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086. The first pound lock that would ...
There’s a peaceful slice of the Chilterns at this local nature reserve on Marlow’s left flank. Shaded by beeches, century-old oaks and silver birches, the woods on Marlow Common are a habitat for species like the green tortrix moth. And these in turn supports a variety of bird species like nuthatches, treecreepers and lesser spotted woodpeckers. Up...
At the end of the High Street, All Saints’ Church is a picture perfect partner to the Marlow Bridge. Despite its Perpendicular Gothic lines the church is entirely a 19th-century creation, constructed after the tower of the old church collapsed in 1831. All Saints’ is a sizeable parish church, built from Bath stone and with a 50-metre spire. The ini...
The town’s museum can be visited free of charge on Wednesday and weekend afternoons in the summer. Opened in 2009 and lovingly curated by volunteers, the museum has some absorbing items in its permanent collection, like a drum captured from the Russians by General Higginson in the Crimean War, and Marlow’s old town stocks (a restraint for punishmen...
As we’ve seen countryside between Marlow and Windsor is uncommonly pretty, taking in country houses, quaint old locks and historic bridges. From July to September the boat company, Salter’s Steamers schedules a regular service from Marlow to Windsor on Mondays. You’ll float past the historic wharf at Spade Oak, the wooded grounds of Cliveden, the c...
The Middle Thames is lined with lakes used by watersports clubs for sailing, rowing, canoeing, windsurfing and paddleboarding. Many of these clubs are members only but there are plenty that welcome guests and hire out equipment. At Westhorpe Lake, right on Marlow’s eastern fringe is Marlow Open Water Swim. All day Saturday and on weekday evenings y...
Marlow ( / ˈmɑːrloʊ /; historically Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town and civil parish within the Unitary Authority of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the River Thames, 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest of High Wycombe, 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Maidenhead and 33 miles (53 km) west of central London . Name.
9 de jan. de 2022 · Marlow has easy access to some of the finest hikes in the South East. Numerous walks here cross tree-lined riversides, villages, sprawling estates and mixed woodland.
Marlow is a fashionable commuter town on the Thames, halfway between Oxford and London. This walk explores the riverside from here downstream to Bourne End. See the characteristics of the Middle Thames – its width and its bends, its floodplains and its sediments, its fish and wildfowl.
Located in south Buckinghamshire, approximately four miles from High Wycombe, Marlow is surrounded by the lovely countryside of the Chiltern Hills and thus has plenty to offer for staying in the Thames Valley, or for a day out.
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