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Berkshire Golf Club
Location
Ascot
The Berkshire Golf Club is a Private Members' Club which was founded in 1928 when both Courses were constructed by the Office of Crown Lands on estates once used by Queen Anne for her hunting parties in the 17th/18th century.
Type
Golf Course
Bird Hills Golf Centre
Location
Maidenhead
18-hole course open to the public.
36 bay floodlit driving range.
Clubhouse with Elizabethan Restaurant.Type
Golf Course
Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre
Location
Marlow
Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, owned and managed by Sport England, is one of the prinicipal sports training camps in the UK.
Type
Venue Provider
Blue Plaque for A.C. Benson
Location
Eton
Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) is best remembered for his association with Eton College and Magdalene College of Cambridge University.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Brigadier General Hore-Ruthven
Location
Windsor
Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie VC, GCMG, CB, DSO, PC (6 July 1872 – 2 May 1955) was born in Windsor. The Blue Plaque commemorates his heroic actions in warfare for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Chapel Arches Bridge
This blue plaque was erected to commemorate the origin of civic life in Maidenhead. The Chapel was founded in 1269 and the earliest-known grant of 'pontage' for repairing Maydenhith (Maidenhead) Bridge was made in 1297. In 1451 a Guild was established in the Chapel to collect money and use it for...
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Charles Knight
Location
Windsor
Charles Knight (March 15 1791-March 9 1873) was the founder and original editor of The Windsor and Eton Express which is still in published today.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Edward Elgar
Location
Bray, Maidenhead
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934)
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Frances Burney & Mary Delany
Location
Windsor
The Blue Plaque is located on the wall of Windsor catle, along St Albans Street near the junction with Castle Hill. Castle plans show this as the site of the grace & favour house occupied by Mary Delany
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Fred Fuzzens
Location
Windsor
Fred Fuzzens, 1921-1995, is commemorated as a local historian and lifelong citizen of Windsor. He was a local postman.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Guglielmo Marconi
Location
Cookham Rise, Cookham
Guglielmo Marconi 1874-1937 was a pioneer in wireless communication and is known to have lived at this address in Cookham rise.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Ivor Novello
Location
Maidenhead
David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 – March 6, 1951), the famous playwright is known to have lived in the village of Littlewick Green from 1928 to 1951.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for J.D.M Pearce
Location
Maidenhead
J.D.M. Pearce is commemorated as the 5 times Mayor of Maidenhead between 1850-1890, and a local benefactor. In July 1890 he presented Kidwells park as a deed of gift to the town.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Kenneth Grahame
Location
Cookham, Maidenhead
Kenneth Grahame 1859-1932, is an author who wrote the classic 'Wind In The Willows', published in 1908.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for King Edward VII Gateway
Location
Windsor
King Edward V.I.I Gateway is commemorated as the walkway through to Alexandra Gardens, the land of which was donated by Sir Jesse Boot. A bust of The King was erected in 1921.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Lord Roberts Of Kandahar
Location
Ascot
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE PC (1832–1914), is hailed as one of the Victorian era's most succesful army officers.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Lt Col Harry Greenwood V.C.
Location
Windsor
Lt Col Harry Greenwood V.C, O.B.E, D.S.O, M.C (1881-1948) is commemorated with a Blue Plaque as he was born at the Victoria Barracks, Windsor and won the Victoria Cross in WWI in France.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Margaret Oliphant
Location
Windsor
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (née Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (1828-1897), was a novelist and historical writer who resided in Windsor for 30 years.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Mariquita Tennant
Location
Windsor
Mariquita Dorotea Francesca Tennant [née Eroles],(1811–1860) is known as a social reformer .She is commemorated for helping the impoverished women of Windsor.
Type
Sightseeing
Blue Plaque for Mr Freddie Shenston M.B.E.
Location
Windsor
Mr Freddie Shenston M.B.E. is commemorated with a Blue Plaque as the founder of Windsor Heritage in 1967, being President between 1993-1998 and also President of the Chamber of Commerce.
Type
Sightseeing
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