Bisham
| Bisham | |
| Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Bisham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU849849 |
| Location: | 51°33’22"N, -0°46’26"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,149 (2001) |
| Post town: | Marlow |
| Postcode: | SL7 |
| Dialling code: | 01628 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Windsor and Maidenhead |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Maidenhead |
Bisham is a village in Berkshire, prettily set on the banks of the River Thames, around one mile south of Marlow in neighbouring Buckinghamshire, and around three miles north-west of Maidenhead. According to the 2001 census, the population of the parish was 1,149.
Bisham is home to one of Sport England's National Sports Centres.
The parish church is All Saints.
Historic buildings
The National Sports Centre at Bisham is centred on Bisham Abbey, a 13th-century manor house, originally built for the Knights Templar but later the residence of the Montagu (or Montacute) Earls of Salisbury and the Hoby family.
Media and arts
Bisham Church and churchyard, as well as the Compleat Angler Hotel, are featured in episodes of the 1990s BBC television detective series, Pie in the Sky. During the Nationwide Building Society's summer advertising campaign of 2010, when they were official sponsors of the England football team at the World Cup, one of their television advertisements featured the England team playing on one of the pitches at Bisham Abbey.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bisham) |