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Viewpoint: Redevelopment plan for Nicholsons 'the best hope for the future'

Vibrant Maidenhead is now just a ghost town Upon walking around Maidenhead town centre, and also its fringes I start to wonder what on earth is going on with this town. While quite possibly never the best place for clothes shopping, even back in the ...

29 Nov 2025 at 16:15

Maidenhead Thames Rotary Club trust supports Sequela Foundation with financial donation

A foundation supporting people with neurological conditions has received a donation of £900 from the Millennium Trust of the Rotary Club of Maidenhead Thames. The money will go towards helping the Sequela Foundation with hiring their exercise and ...

29 Nov 2025 at 13:38

'Toys of Yesteryear' exhibition opens at Maidenhead Heritage Centre

Visitors to a new seasonal exhibition at Maidenhead Heritage Centre in Park Street can take a nostalgic trip down memory lane and see the ‘Toys of Yesteryear’. The exhibition features toys that are a minimum of 25-years-old, with some dating ...

29 Nov 2025 at 13:12

New Tapi Carpets store opens at Maidenhead's Stafferton Way Retail Park

A nationwide carpets and floors retailer has opened its new store at the Stafferton Way Retail Park. Tapi Carpets & Floors was established in 2015 by a handful of flooring industry specialists. The company opened the doors of its Maidenhead ...

28 Nov 2025 at 19:35

Alexander Devine pop-up toy shop returns to Nicholsons Centre for festive season

A pop-up toy shop raising funds for a children’s hospice supporting children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions has returned in the Maidenhead Nicholsons Centre. Alexander Devine Children Hospice Service’s pop-up toy shop ...

28 Nov 2025 at 18:12

Elected mayor system may be the only realistic future for RBWM, says leader

Royal Borough councillors want to have ‘a seat at the table’ in council devolution discussions with the Government – but are not committing to a mayoral authority just yet. Devolution allows local authorities to have more control over ...

28 Nov 2025 at 17:04

Resident ‘baffled’ as councillors raise no questions over Nicholsons job losses

A Maidenhead resident who combed through the papers on the Nicholsons centre scheme says he is ‘baffled’ by crucial questions left unasked by the councillors who voted it through last week. Andrew Hill was at the planning meeting ...

27 Nov 2025 at 18:15

Purple Pansy Home & Garden pop-up shop back in the Nicholsons Centre ahead of Christmas

A pop-up home and garden shop selling unique gifts and items has returned to Maidenhead’s Nicholsons Centre ahead of the Christmas festivities. Purple Pansy Home & Garden has set up a temporary shop in the centre over the ...

27 Nov 2025 at 17:32

Key Maidenhead figures and businesses react to Nicholsons redevelopment decision

Key figures, residents and businesses in Maidenhead have given a mixed reaction to the conditional approval of plans to redevelop the Nicholsons Centre. While some are satisfied concerns over aspects such as toilet ...

27 Nov 2025 at 17:22

Fire-destroyed boathouse near Boulters Lock gets greenlight for rebuild

Rebuilding work to a fire-destroyed boathouse near Boulter’s Lock has been given the green light by a Government planning inspector who overruled a council objection. Peter Freebodys Yard in Maidenhead, owned by ...

27 Nov 2025 at 17:04

Conversations continuing to find solution to parking issues at Wilderness Medical Centre, council says

The Royal Borough has said conversations are continuing to find a solution to the parking issues affecting the site of a Maidenhead medical centre. Patients and staff at the Wilderness Medical Centre, in ...

27 Nov 2025 at 14:27

Government chooses scheme to take forward Heathrow third runway plans

A scheme to take forward the major project to deliver a new third runway at Heathrow Airport has been chosen, the Government has announced. In October, Labour’s transport secretary Heidi Alexander said ...

25 Nov 2025 at 19:22

Planning round-up: Royal Borough refuses plans to turn office building into 27 flats

These are the latest planning applications for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Refused: RBWM turns down application to convert office building into 27 flats Vaughan Architects was looking ...

25 Nov 2025 at 14:54

Cox Green twins scoop national award at ‘the Grammys for entrepreneurship’

The founders of a growing pizza brand from Cox Green have been honoured at national awards dubbed ‘the Grammys for entrepreneurship’. Earlier this year, non-identical twins Luke and Owen Buckmaster ...

25 Nov 2025 at 06:05

Royal Borough to offer free bus travel on select Saturdays this December

The Royal Borough is offering bus free travel across Windsor and Maidenhead on select Saturdays ahead of the festive period. The offer will launch on Small Business Saturday on December 6 and will ...

24 Nov 2025 at 18:02

In pictures: Fireworks light up the sky at Maidenhead Christmas Lights Switch-On

Fireworks lit up the night sky as the wet weather subsided just in time for the Christmas lights switch-on in Maidenhead town centre on Saturday. Crowds watched on as the winner of Norden Farm’s ...

24 Nov 2025 at 17:07

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