Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Marlow (previously Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town on the very southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the River Thames, four miles south of High Wycombe, and four miles north west of Maidenhead.

Notable residents

The Royal Military College, now based at Sandhurst in Surrey was also once located in this town. Notable residents of the town have included Mary Shelley (who wrote Frankenstein there), Percy Bysshe Shelley, T. S. Eliot, Jerome K. Jerome and General George Higginson.

Related Topics:
Royal Military College - Sandhurst - Surrey - Mary Shelley - Frankenstein - Percy Bysshe Shelley - T. S. Eliot - Jerome K. Jerome - George Higginson

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More recently the town has been the home of Quintuple Olympic Gold Medallist Rower, Sir Steve Redgrave. The greatest Olympian, Britain has ever produced. After striking gold in Sydney 2000 he became Britain's only athlete ever to have won Gold Medals at five consecutive Olympic Games. The Marlow Town Park, Higginson Park features a bronze statue of Sir Redgrave, looking across the river towards the location of the finish line of the Marlow regatta.

Related Topics:
Sir Steve Redgrave - Regatta

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Marlow hosts a regular regatta, and is the location of one of the Thames's locks.

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Marlow is adjoined by Little Marlow via the Little Marlow Road and to Bourne End by the same road. Nearby is Cookham Dean, famous for its Cricket Pitch and the fact that Led Zeppelin recorded Travellin' River side Blues there in the 90's.

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