Archaeologists have discovered a long-lost royal site that played a key part in the rise of London as England’s dominant political and economic centre. Excavations in Berkshire are revealing how ...

Evidence of the "lost" monastery was uncovered at Holy Trinity Church in Cookham The site of an 8th Century monastery that was believed to have been lost has been unearthed next to a church. The exact ...

He was one of the most inspirational artists of the 20th century, a visionary who painted real village folk in grandiose biblical scenes, and the creator of the most important artistic first world war ...

One of Stanley Spencer's formative experiences, growing up in Cookham, was being taken by his mother to the comfortable, cosy Wesleyan chapel along the village street. One by one, the familiar, ...

A Berkshire riverside village has been named as one of the best places to live in the UK. Cookham made it onto the prestigious Sunday Times' Best Place to Live list. Every year a team of expert Times' ...

A Reading suburb, a Berkshire village and a Hampshire market town have been recognised among the best places to live in the south-east of England in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide.

Police are searching for a man who is feared to have drowned in the River Thames. Emergency services, including the air ambulance, were called to a stretch of the river in Cookham, Berkshire, at about ...

This site, at picturesque Cookham, is typical in its unfussy appearance and pleasingly unsophisticated facilities. There are two areas in which to pitch tents, a sheltered one near the lock-keeper’s ...