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Cliveden House
Historic house · near Cookham · Berkshire

Cliveden House

Cliveden House is a country house. Head 1.1 km east of Cookham to reach it. It holds the status of a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Cliveden House, Antony McCallum. The original uploader was Wyrdlight at English Wikipedia. (CC BY 3.0)
Where
1.1 km
east of Cookham
Run by
National Trust
a national heritage body
How well known
Top 4%
#269 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
May–Sep
highs of 18–23°C
In brief

Historic house near Cookham

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#269 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (16 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Cookham

Cliveden House is 1.1 km east of Cookham. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Cookham has 54 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Warmest in Cookham are May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 1°68 mm
Feb9° / 2°59 mm
Mar11° / 3°42 mm
Apr14° / 4°52 mm
May18° / 7°53 mm
Jun21° / 10°54 mm
Jul23° / 12°61 mm
Aug22° / 12°64 mm
Sep19° / 10°52 mm
Oct15° / 7°82 mm
Nov11° / 4°82 mm
Dec8° / 2°78 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Cookham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Cookham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Cookham’s full climate →
About

Cliveden House

Its care is managed by the National Trust. Articles on it exist in 16 languages. Our list has 62 more places within 15 km; first among them is Windsor Castle, at 10 km.

Cookham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type
Historic house
Run by
National Trust
Listed
Grade I listed building
Wikipedias
Covered in 16 languages
Town
1.1 km east of Cookham
Official site
clivedenhouse.co.uk
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
The map

Finding Cliveden House

The map puts Cliveden House in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

The 8 towns are led in size by Slough, with 166,868 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

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  1. 1Cookham
  2. 2Bourne End
  3. 3Maidenhead
  4. 4Slough
  5. 5Taplow
  6. 6Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green
  7. 7Farnham Common and Farnham Royal
  8. 8Beaconsfield
1 · 1.1 km west of it

Cookham

5,216 people · 16 places to visit

2 · 1.2 km northwest of it

Bourne End

7,166 people · 16 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km southwest of it

Maidenhead

67,391 people · 25 places to visit

4 · 1.9 km southeast of it

Slough

166,868 people · 36 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Cliveden House isPeoplePlaces to visit
Cookham1.1 km west of it5,21616
Bourne End1.2 km northwest of it7,16616
Maidenhead1.7 km southwest of it67,39125
Slough1.9 km southeast of it166,86836
Taplow2.6 km south of it24911
Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green2.8 km north of it12,43814
Farnham Common and Farnham Royal4.1 km east of it6,7119
Beaconsfield4.5 km northeast of it14,1427
Make a day of it

Around Cliveden House

Within 15 km are 62 places, among them 5 historic houses, a castle and a theme park.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Cliveden House

Where is Cliveden House?

Cliveden House is 1.1 km east of Cookham, Berkshire.

What is Cliveden House?

Country house in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Who runs Cliveden House?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Cliveden House?

May to September are the warmest months in Cookham, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Cliveden House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Cliveden House?

Within 15 km: Windsor Castle (10 km), Legoland Windsor (11 km), Hedsor House (800 m) and Frogmore House (11 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.