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Marlow
Marlow, (in the past referred to as Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town and civil parish within the Wycombe district in south Buckinghamshire, England. It is set on the River Thames, 4 miles (6.5 km) south-southwest of High Wycombe, 5 miles (8 kilometres) west-northwest of Maidenhead and 33 miles (53 km) west of central London. Marlow is recorded in the Domesday Book as Merlaue. There has actually been a bridge over the Thames at Marlow ever since the reign of King Edward III. The current bridge is a suspension bridge, designed by William Tierney Clark in 1832, and was a mock-up for the much wider Széchenyi Chain Bridge over the River Danube in Budapest. Marlow is served by a railway station which is the terminus of a single-track branch line from Maidenhead. The train service is known as the Marlow Donkey, which was the tag given to the steam engines that formerly ran on the line. There is also a bar with the exact same name, set close to the train station. Marlow Rowing Club, started in 1871, is one of Britain's premier rowing clubs and has produced lots of Olympic oarsmen featuring Sir Steve Redgrave. The club is based by Marlow Bridge and exercises above and below the lock. The town has a football club called Marlow F.C. There are two regattas related to Marlow; the Marlow Town Regatta and Marlow International Regatta. Earliest records reveal a regatta occurred each year on the River Thames in Marlow from 1855. The latter relocated to the purpose-built Dorney Lake, owned by Eton College, in 2003. Marlow still hosts its Original River Regatta which takes place every year in June. For all your home upgrades, make sure to make use of respected professionals in Marlow to make certain of quality.