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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox UK place |country= England |coordinates= {{coord|51.531|-0.687|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Taplow |static_image_name= Taplow church - geograph.org.uk - 60104.jpg |static_image_caption= The mock-medieval parish church<br>of St Nicholas, built in 1911. |static_image_2_name= Taplow village centre - geograph.org.uk - 59903.jpg |static_image_2_caption= Berry Hill, part of the developed<br>[[nucleated village|traditional core]] |area_total_km2= 11.22 |population= 1,669 |population_ref=([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]])<ref name=ons>{{Cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |title=Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005 |access-date=22 April 2008 |archive-date=11 February 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |os_grid_reference= SU9182 |civil_parish= Taplow |unitary_england = [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]] |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= [[Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Beaconsfield]] |post_town= MAIDENHEAD |postcode_district= SL6 |postcode_area= SL |dial_code= 01628 }} '''Taplow''' is a [[village]] and [[civil parish]] in the Unitary Authority of [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]. It sits on the left bank of the [[River Thames]], facing [[Maidenhead]] in the neighbouring county of [[Berkshire]], with [[Cippenham]] and [[Burnham, Buckinghamshire|Burnham]] to the east. It is the south-westernmost settlement in Buckinghamshire. The village features a [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] mock-medieval church, the parish church of St Nicholas,<ref name="historicengland">{{National Heritage List for England|num=1309135|desc=Church of St Nicholas|access-date=25 January 2015}}</ref> as well as a school of the same name. [[Taplow railway station]], on the [[Great Western Main Line]] and [[Elizabeth Line]], serves the village, with services to [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]], [[Heathrow]], through [[Central London]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and [[Oxford]]. There are two conservation areas in the parish, the Taplow Village Conservation Area<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.taplow.org.uk/village/taplow_conservation_june_2008.pdf |title=Taplow Village Conservation Area |publisher=South Bucks District Council |date=June 2008 |access-date=4 November 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110710/http://www.taplow.org.uk/village/taplow_conservation_june_2008.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Taplow Riverside Conservation Area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.taplow.org.uk/village/taplow_riverside_conservation_october_2007.pdf |title=Taplow Riverside Conservation Area |publisher=South Bucks District Council |date=October 2007 |access-date=4 November 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045505/http://www.taplow.org.uk/village/taplow_riverside_conservation_october_2007.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Footpaths connect all parts of the parish to [[Maidenhead Bridge]] and to [[Burnham Beeches]], a modest, hilly wood marking the start of the Chiltern Hills.
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