Cookham

21°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 16° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:24

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9 reported · July 2026▼ 44% YoY

• Other theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Maidenhead West · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

607 reported road collisions (2024)

106 killed or seriously injured · 765 casualties · 11 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

134 food businesses within 2 miles

• 116 rated 4–5 ★ (98 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cookham (1.0 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£490,508 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across Buckinghamshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,474 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,035
• 2 bed £1,310
• 3 bed £1,602

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.3 times median annual pay (11.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (7.6 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

72 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Cliveden House (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches25
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

553,079 residents in Buckinghamshire · 353/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,527 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 238,540)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

274 schools · 97,646 pupils

182 primary · 35 secondary · 57 other

Ofsted: 80 of 93 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Buckinghamshire

563 CQC-registered services

• Care homes134
• GP practices89
• Dentists155
• Homecare agencies134
• Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Buckinghamshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 81 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

1,132 applications decided

86.9% granted · 984 granted, 148 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal Democrat

Maidenhead

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 50
• LD 26
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 14

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

33,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

49 jobs advertised · £40,332 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Jobs Near Me? Drive With Uber Instead, Make An Uber Account To Drive - Start Earning With The Uber App, Driving For Cash? Sign Up To Drive With Uber And Earn Flexibly Instead

Source: Adzuna

£836 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,111 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 90,273 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Imports 35% · Biomass 5% · Wind 3%

243 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.9 women · 65.3 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maidenhead:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership360 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office289 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test282 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  Stanley Spencer Gallery · 0.1 km

  The Stanley Spencer Gallery is an art museum in the South of England dedicated to the life and work of the artist Stanley Spencer. It was opened in 1962 and is located in the Thameside village of Cookham, Berkshire, w…

• 
  Cookham · 0.1 km

  Cookham is a historic Thames-side village and civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, 2.9 miles (5 km) north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End. Cookham forms the sou…

• Cookham Abbey · 0.2 km

  Cookham Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon monastery in Berkshire, England. It was established by 726.

• 
  Odney · 0.3 km

  Odney is a common in the Thames, part of the civil parish of Cookham, in the English county of Berkshire, and occupies most of the Formosa Island eyot. The island may have been sacred to the main Saxon god, Woden; the…

• 
  Cookham Bridge · 0.4 km

  Cookham Bridge is a road bridge in Cookham, Berkshire, carrying the A4094 road across the River Thames in England. It is on the reach above Cookham Lock and links Cookham on the Berkshire bank with Bourne End in Bucki…

• 
  Sol Studios · 0.6 km

  Sol Studios is a recording studio located in Cookham, Berkshire, England. The recording studio and control room are part of the complex property, along an old watermill and residential wheelhouse in the countryside. T…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)