Bisham

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Bisham Church.
Bisham Church.

Bisham is a village and civil parish in the Windsor and Maidenhead district of Berkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,149. The village is on the River Thames, north of which is Marlow in Buckinghamshire. The Thames being crossed by Bisham Lock. Bisham is home to one of Sport England's National Sports Centres, centred on Bisham Abbey, a 13th century manor house, originally built for the Knights Templar but later the residence of the Montagu (or Montacute) Earls of Salisbury and the Hoby family.

A Ham class minesweeper, HMS Bisham, was named after the village.

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Coordinates: 51°33′N 0°46′W

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