Welcome

Welcome to the Taplow website! This is a jumping-off point for all sorts of information about Taplow Village. Come in and look around.

A Walk Around Taplow A virtual-reality tour of Taplow, with clickable maps and hundreds of photographs.

Hitcham and Taplow Society The Society has a website with news, information, and an archive with most issues of the Hitcham and Taplow Newsletter back to 1960.

Pictorial websites

• Buckinghamshire County Council online historical archives
• There are a few Taplow pictures in Buckinghamshire Town and Village Photographs
• The Historic England site has many pictures of the Taplow area (mostly from the Henry W Taunt Collection, which includes a lot of images of Cliveden)
• Aerial views of Taplow and the 2014 Village Green Party - movie by Tim Browning

Landmarks

• All of the Listed Buildings in Taplow are mapped by the British Listed Buildings website.
• Taplow Court, once the home of Lord and Lady Desborough, has been beautifully restored and is now the Headquarters of SGI UK - a lay Buddhist organisation.
• Current Archaeology has an article on the Saxon burial and iron age hillfort at Taplow Court. A number of the artefacts found when the burial mound was excavated are now in the British Museum: search for Taplow in the Compass database
• Cliveden - home of Nancy, Lady Astor, is the largest National Trust property in the Taplow area. Most of the house itself is now used as a hotel
• The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital Shrine - a most unusual website dedicated to the remnants of the old hospital that was enclosed in the grounds of Cliveden. There is also some information on Dropmore and Taplow Lodge.
• Nashdom House was designed by Edwin Lutyens for Princess Dolgorouki, and was later used as an abbey. After standing empty for several years it was refurbished and converted into apartments - now known as Nashdom Abbey Estate.
• Wickenden house and vineyard were re-built in the style of Lutyens in the 1990s.
• The River Thames is an important part of the landscape around Taplow. The Environment Agency's Visit Thames website has a lot of information to help you make the most of the river and its surroundings.
• The Environment Agency has a website describing the Jubilee River - originally known as the Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme (MWEFAS). Unfortunately they keep moving the pages around so you will have to start at their home page and search for it.

Local Government

• Taplow Parish Council can be contacted by e-mail: taplow.pc@googlemail.com
• A list of current planning applications in the area can be found on the South Bucks Planning page along with much useful advice on building, extending, and modifying houses. Another good source of advice on building issues is the Secured By Design site.
• South Bucks District Council
• You can report various problems to South Bucks District Council
• Buckinghamshire County Council
• You can report fly-tipping on the South Bucks website. (This also redirects to report fly-tipping on the Bucks CC website.)
• Taplow boasts several Conservation Areas, including The Taplow Riverside Conservation Area and the Taplow Village Conservation Area.
• The Environment Agency has maps showing all sorts of interesting information. For example, a map showing which parts of Taplow are at risk of flooding
• Buckinghamshire Public Rights of Way interactive map
• The Buckinghamshire Online Directory has links to activities, groups, organisations and services for adults in Buckinghamshire from yoga and lunch clubs to support groups and services.

Nearby towns and villages

• Walking about in downtown Maidenhead - a photographic tour of Maidenhead, which is just across the river from Taplow. (Note that the original site has disappeared, so this is a link to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine). maidenhead.net also includes a photographic tour of Maidenhead.
• Burnham is the next settlement to the East of Taplow. It still has a busy High Street, whereas Taplow's High Street has not had any shops for many years. Burnham Parish Council have a comprehensive website, and Burnham also has its own community website with lots of information and links.
• Bray is the next village south of Taplow.
• Slough is the nearest large town to the east of Taplow.

Recreation

• The Oak and Saw is our village inn, with a view across the Village Green, a warm welcome, and tasty food.
• Ex-Taplow artist Annick McKenzie has established a website to show her very colourful work.
• Maidenhead Rowing Club moved across the river a few years ago and now have a clubhouse in Taplow Riverside.
• Maidenhead Operatic Society rehearse every Thursday evening in Taplow Village Hall.
• Maidenhead Camera Club has several Taplow-based members.
• Thames Valley Adventure Playground provides adventurous, therapeutic and educational play activities for both children and adults with all types of disability.
• The South Bucks Bridge Centre is based in a restored barn in Burnham: it runs courses and club nights where you can learn to play Bridge and improve your game.
• The renowned Taplow Choirs are run by Gillian Dibden.

Schools and charities

• St Nicolas School
• St Nicolas Playgroup

Taplow Business

• Hub Care Support Is a free-to-use service for finding fully-vetted carers and personal assistants.
• Self-catering accommodation is available in Hitchambury Manor.
• SGT service and repair classic, sports and specialist cars.
• Skills 1st Ltd is a consultancy specialising in systems and network management and directory services.
• Windrush is the local Volkswagen retailer and luxury car specialist, accepts any make in part-exchange, can arrange finance and offers a full after-sales service.
• Knight Architects design simple, beautiful bridges and buildings.

Other sites

• Villages Online has pointers to hundreds of UK village websites
• UK Photos has pictures from all over the UK
• A list of books on Buckinghamshire
• The Maidenhead Advertiser has a section covering Burnham, Taplow, and Dorney
• Cedar Chase is a group of 24 houses built in 1966 by Span Developments.
• The Marlow-Maidenhead Passengers' Association looks out for the interestes of rail users in the area, including Taplow.

Race to the Church 29th April 2011, Taplow High Street. To your vehicles! The race is on!

Taplow Artists Network This is a showcase for artists who live or work in the Taplow area. A wide range of work is on show, from watercolours to sculpture and from acrylics to digital photographs.

Andrew Findlay
andrew@findlay.org