Cookham Dean is a village to the west of the village of

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. It is the highest point of all the Cookhams (Cookham Rise, Cookham Village and Cookham Dean).

Commerce

Cookham Dean is served by two

pubs A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

, Uncle Tom's Cabin and The Jolly Farmer, a restaurant called The Mango Lounge (opened in late 2016) at the Chequers and a

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

/inn called The Sanctum on The Green. There are no shops in the village following the closure of the

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some years ago. There is an additional pub, The Bounty, on the

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...

bank with access only by foot or boat and open in the summer and winter weekends.

Geography

Cookham Dean has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and local nature reserve on the eastern edge of the village, called Bisham Woods. It neighbours

Village, Marlow, Furze Platt and Pinkneys Green.

Notable residents

The village was the home of actor and comedian

Tim Brooke-Taylor Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor OBE (17 July 194012 April 2020) was an English actor and comedian best known as a member of The Goodies. He became active in performing in comedy sketches while at the University of Cambridge and became president ...

(1940–2020), who was involved in local events. Russian Princess

Sofka Skipwith Sofka Skipwith (born Sophia Dolgorukova; 23 October 1907Sofka Zinovieff, ''Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life'', 2007, New York: Pegasus, 2008, . – 26 February 1994Frida Knight"Obituary: Sofka Skipwith" '' The Independent'' 8 March 1994.) was ...

(1907–1994) lived with her second husband Grey Skipwith at Dean Cottage in the 1930s.

References

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