Cox Green is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

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Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

. It is a large suburb of

Maidenhead Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England, on the southwestern bank of the River Thames. It had an estimated population of 70,374 and forms part of the border with southern Bu ...

with most of its housing west of the A404(M) Maidenhead bypass and south of the

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. The remainder of this area is rural. The parish has an urban boundary with Woodlands Park to the southwest and a rural boundary with

White Waltham White Waltham is a village and civil parish, west of Maidenhead, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is crossed briefly by the M4 motorway, which along with the Great Western Main Line and all other roa ...

parish to the west.

History

The original village was ecclesiastically a hamlet under Bray church that had a

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by Cox Green Lane, Cox Green Road and Norden Road, south of the railway ( see map of 1945 here). Parts of this are now outside the current parish boundary. The second half of the 20th century saw a rapid expansion of housing, including Woodlands Park to the west, and Cox Green is now part of the wider urban area of

Geography

Cox Green has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the South border of the village, called

Great Thrift Wood Great Thrift Wood is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cox Green in Berkshire. The site is a broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland located in a lowland area. The wood was classed in 1984 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. ...

Amenities and listed buildings

Schools in the area include Lowbrook School and Wessex Primary School, both catering for ages up to eleven

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and

Cox Green School Cox Green School is a secondary school with academy status in Berkshire, England. History Cox Green School was founded in 1967, and in 1973 was part of a reorganisation of education in Maidenhead. Cox Green School is an 11-18 comprehensive. ...

, for children aged 11–18. Cox Green School shares a site with the adjacent Community Centre on Highfield Road, providing such local facilities as a

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and both indoor and outdoor sports facilities. Additional leisure facilities exist at

Ockwells Park Ockwells Park is a park, part of which is a local nature reserve, in Cox Green, Berkshire, Cox Green, Berkshire, England. The nature reserve is owned by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Geography and site The park is in size. The nat ...

, where as well as sports fields, an open park and a local nature reserve, children's play area, and an outdoor gym. The parish church, Church of the Good Shepherd, is in the Community Centre in Highfield Road. The oldest building in the parish is

Ockwells Manor Ockwells Manor is a timber-framed 15th century manor house in the civil parish of Cox Green, adjoining Maidenhead, in the English county of Berkshire. It was previously in the parish of Bray. The manor used to own most of the land that is n ...

, built in the 15th century. It is next to Ockwells Park, part of which once formed part of the Manor's grounds. A Roman Villa was discovered from aerial photographs in the 1950s and was fully excavated in 1959 in advance of the building of the present housing estate.

Nearest places

(town centre) 3 miles,

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12 miles,

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8 miles

References

External links

Cox Green Parish Council

Wessex Primary School
Maidenhead Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Civil parishes in Berkshire {{Berkshire-geo-stub