Marlow

Marlow is a fascinating little town with much to interest the traveller in its mixture of the old and new. In the High Street there are many old houses, but its most famous feature is the Suspension Bridge, built in 1831. Jerome K Jerome wrote much of Three Men in a Boat in the Two Brewers Inn in St Peter's Street, and Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in a house in West Street in 1817. The town contains many fine Georgian houses and riverside walks, and is well worth exploring on foot.

Marlow is just 40 minutes from London by direct train.

Intensive one to one teacher's homestay in Marlow with Sheila

Places close to Marlow

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Attractions near here

  • Eton College(14.4 km)
    Eton College is probably the most famous school in England. Henry VI opened the school in 1440 for the education of 70 poor boys. It is now a very expensive private school for about 1,300 boys aged 12-18. It costs approximately E40,000 per year.
  • Christ Church College(38.5 km)
    Christ Church is one of the largest colleges in the University of Oxford and the Cathedral Church for the Diocese of Oxford. Located on St Aldate's it has a busy academic community of about 450 undergraduates and 150 graduate students.
  • St Paul's Cathedral(47.1 km)
  • Hook Norton Brewery(68.1 km)
    Hook Norton Brewery is a regional brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England, founded in 1849. The brewing plant is a traditional Victorian "tower" brewery in which all the stages of the brewing process flow logically from floor to floor.

Cities and towns near here

  • Windsor(15.6 km)
    Windsor is a lively town in a glorious riverside location with great shopping, restaurants and Windsor Castle - one of the Queen's official royal residences and the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world.
  • Chesham(18.4 km)
    Chesham is the largest town in the Chiltern district, located amidst the steep green Chiltern Hills. Chesham has much to offer the visitor with its many attractions including Lowndes Park, Church Street in the Old Town with its picturesque cottages, and also the twelfth century St. Mary's Parish Church.
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  • Kenton(31.8 km)
    Kenton is a pleasant suburb of London located about 20km north east of the centre of the city.
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  • Oxford(38.6 km)
    Oxford is one of Europe’s great cities, famous for its ancient university and outstandingly beautiful with its many towers and spires of golden stone. As a centre of learning and culture, it offers the visitor a huge range of cultural experiences. At the same time, Oxford has always been a thriving modern city with successful industries and great entertainment facilities, including excellent shopping, hundreds of pubs and restaurants, many cinemas and theatres and an exciting night life. This mix of old and new, of scholarly tradition and popular British culture, makes Oxford the ideal location for a homestay.
  • Oxford(38.6 km)
    Oxford is one of Europe’s great cities, famous for its ancient university and outstandingly beautiful with its many towers and spires of golden stone. As a centre of learning and culture, it offers the visitor a huge range of cultural experiences. At the same time, Oxford has always been a thriving modern city with successful industries and great entertainment facilities, including excellent shopping, hundreds of pubs and restaurants, many cinemas and theatres and an exciting night life. This mix of old and new, of scholarly tradition and popular British culture, makes Oxford the ideal location for a homestay.
  • Oxford(38.6 km)
    Oxford is one of Europe’s great cities, famous for its ancient university and outstandingly beautiful with its many towers and spires of golden stone. As a centre of learning and culture, it offers the visitor a huge range of cultural experiences. At the same time, Oxford has always been a thriving modern city with successful industries and great entertainment facilities, including excellent shopping, hundreds of pubs and restaurants, many cinemas and theatres and an exciting night life. This mix of old and new, of scholarly tradition and popular British culture, makes Oxford the ideal location for a homestay.
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  • Guildford(39.9 km)
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    Friern Barnet is a very pleasant, residential suburb of London, located just 30 minutes to the north of the city. Friern Barnet is a convenient place from which to enjoy and explore London.
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  • North Leigh(53.1 km)
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  • Faringdon(56.5 km)
  • Letchworth(58.6 km)
    Letchworth is a 'new town' conceived and planned by Ebenezer Howard in the 1890's. Howard was appalled at the very unpleasant living and working conditions in the late 19th Century towns and cities and wrote a book outlining his ideas for a completely new way of living. The book, 'Tomorrow, A Peaceful Path to Real Reform', was later republished as 'Garden Cities of Tomorrow' in 1902. Ebenezer Howard believed that the very best of both town and country life should be married together in small Garden Cities, each with its own greenbelt. He promoted well-planned towns with careful land zoning and a quality of life.
  • Deddington(58.8 km)
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  • Cambridge(93.7 km)
    Cambridge is one of Britain’s loveliest cities, graced by the presence of its ancient university which dates back to the 13th century. Unlike modern universities but like its sister university, Oxford, it has no single campus, but consists of 31 separate colleges which were built over the centuries. Many of them are architecturally magnificent, with ancient ivy-clad courtyards and splendid chapels, cloisters and libraries. The city is packed with cultural attractions of all kinds and is also a very lively, modern place as one would expect with its population of bright young students. It has outstanding shopping facilities for such a small city, and excellent entertainment in the way of cinemas, theatres, restaurants, cafes and pubs.
  • Cambridge(93.7 km)
    Cambridge is one of Britain’s loveliest cities, graced by the presence of its ancient university which dates back to the 13th century. Unlike modern universities but like its sister university, Oxford, it has no single campus, but consists of 31 separate colleges which were built over the centuries. Many of them are architecturally magnificent, with ancient ivy-clad courtyards and splendid chapels, cloisters and libraries. The city is packed with cultural attractions of all kinds and is also a very lively, modern place as one would expect with its population of bright young students. It has outstanding shopping facilities for such a small city, and excellent entertainment in the way of cinemas, theatres, restaurants, cafes and pubs.
  • Cambridge(93.7 km)
    Cambridge is one of Britain’s loveliest cities, graced by the presence of its ancient university which dates back to the 13th century. Unlike modern universities but like its sister university, Oxford, it has no single campus, but consists of 31 separate colleges which were built over the centuries. Many of them are architecturally magnificent, with ancient ivy-clad courtyards and splendid chapels, cloisters and libraries. The city is packed with cultural attractions of all kinds and is also a very lively, modern place as one would expect with its population of bright young students. It has outstanding shopping facilities for such a small city, and excellent entertainment in the way of cinemas, theatres, restaurants, cafes and pubs.
  • Stratford-upon-Avon(93.8 km)
    Stratford-upon-Avon, a medieval market town established in 1196, occupies a unique position in British cultural heritage as the birthplace and home of William Shakespeare, Britain’s greatest playwright. Key properties associated with Shakespeare’s life have been exceptionally well preserved so visitors can experience a real flavour of life as Shakespeare and his contemporaries would have lived it. Stratford’s beautiful setting on the River Avon in the area known as the Heart of England, its excellent shops, restaurants, tea rooms and pubs, and the fact that it is the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company, all make it a superb homestay location.
  • Stratford-upon-Avon(93.8 km)
    Stratford-upon-Avon, a medieval market town established in 1196, occupies a unique position in British cultural heritage as the birthplace and home of William Shakespeare, Britain’s greatest playwright. Key properties associated with Shakespeare’s life have been exceptionally well preserved so visitors can experience a real flavour of life as Shakespeare and his contemporaries would have lived it. Stratford’s beautiful setting on the River Avon in the area known as the Heart of England, its excellent shops, restaurants, tea rooms and pubs, and the fact that it is the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company, all make it a superb homestay location.
  • Stratford-upon-Avon(93.8 km)
    Stratford-upon-Avon, a medieval market town established in 1196, occupies a unique position in British cultural heritage as the birthplace and home of William Shakespeare, Britain’s greatest playwright. Key properties associated with Shakespeare’s life have been exceptionally well preserved so visitors can experience a real flavour of life as Shakespeare and his contemporaries would have lived it. Stratford’s beautiful setting on the River Avon in the area known as the Heart of England, its excellent shops, restaurants, tea rooms and pubs, and the fact that it is the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company, all make it a superb homestay location.
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    Lyndhurst
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    Great Alne is a pretty village located just outside the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The village is made up of pretty cottages and a fantastic 400 year old pub. The village has easy access to Stratford-upon-Avon, Birmingham, warwick and other towns.
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    Alcester is the quintessential English market town, an architectural gem with a lively community feel set in the attractive, rolling 'Shakespeare's Countryside', just seven miles west of Stratford-on-Avon. Situated on the River Arrow, its medieval street pattern survives almost intact, along with many ancient properties including the wonderful church of St Nicholas with its 14th century tower and the early 17th century town hall.

Famous People

  • William Shakespeare(93.8 km)
    Shakespeare's reputation as dramatist and poet actor is unique and he is considered by many to be the greatest playwright of all time, although many of the facts of his life remain mysterious. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and was baptised on 26 April 1564