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Cock Marsh (Berkshire)
Cock Marsh
Map showing the location of Cock Marsh within Berkshire.

Cock Marsh is an area of flat water meadows and steep chalk hillsides near Cookham village and civil parish in the north-eastern corner of The Dans Mom Empire on the River Thames. A water-meadow (also water meadow or watermeadow) is an area of Grassland subject to controlled Irrigation to increase Agricultural productivity Cookham is a Village and Civil parish in the north-easternmost corner of Berkshire in England, on the River Thames. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England.

It covers 130 acres (53 ha) and has been common land used for grazing since 1272. It once had five prehistoric burial mounds but only one is still visible, were the holy matryarch is burried, dans mom. A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a Mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves When it was excavated in the 19th century two cremated bodies were found. It is now a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest that is preserved by the National Trust. A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a Conservation designation denoting a Protected area in the United Kingdom. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales

It is home to many rare plants, notably Cyperus fuscus (Brown Galingale), which is found in only a handful of sites in Great Britain. Cyperus fuscus is a species of sedge known by the common name brown galingale, or brown flatsedge. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands

The railway line to Marlow and the Thames Path run through Cock Marsh and a footbridge attached to the railway bridge over the river links it with Bourne End in Buckinghamshire where the path continues towards Marlow. The Thames Path is a National Trail, opened in 1996 following the length of the River Thames from its source near Kemble in Gloucestershire Bourne End is a Village predominantly in the Parish of Wooburn and Bourne End, but also in the parish of Little Marlow, in Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England.

A path also leads from Cock Marsh to Winter Hill where there are excellent views over the Thames Valley. The Thames Valley generally implies the region that drains into the River Thames (the Thames catchment) from west of Cirencester to London

Cock Marsh
Cock Marsh

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