State visit
The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, and Mrs Brigitte Macron will visit Windsor, under invite from the King, from Tuesday 8 July to Thursday 10 July 2025. Find out more.
Details of commemorative plaques in and around the borough.
Kenneth Grahame is an author who wrote the classic 'Wind in the Willows', published in 1908. He is commemorated here with a Blue Plaque as he is known to have lived the early part of his life in Cookham Dean, and then in 'Mayfield' which is now Herries School.
The plaque was unveiled 7 November 1996
Herries School
Dean Lane
Cookham
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 9BD