Cookham Rise breathes with the quiet industry of a place defined by its proximity to the looping Thames. It lies 2.4 miles north of Maidenhead (from Maidenhead: bearing 357°T, OS grid SU 886 849), and is situated south-south-west of Bourne End village. The morning light catches the brickwork of modest houses, illuminating a landscape that transitions sharply from suburban lanes to the expansive, unmanicured grasses of Cookham Moor nearby. Trains pull into the local station with a rhythmic punctuality, connecting the residents to the wider world while the surrounding hills remain anchored in a slower, ancient geology. A short distance away, the spirit of the painter Stanley Spencer still lingers in the atmosphere, his vision of the local landscape mirroring the way the sun settles over the nearby valley of Cookham Dean. The air here carries the faint, damp scent of the river, a reminder of the water that shaped the character of Cookham Rise long before the railways arrived. On clear days, the horizon seems to stretch toward the distant silhouette of Wessons Hill, where the earth rises up to meet a pale, expansive Berkshire sky. Cookham Rise maintains a steady, unremarkable grace, existing as a place where the ordinary movements of daily life are framed by the enduring presence of the natural world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cookham Rise, Berkshire, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cookham Rise includes coordinates 51.55688, -0.723177, in the county of Berkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cookham Rise is available on the Cookham Rise map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Berkshire weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.