Cookham is a historic village and civil parish on the River Thames in the north-easternmost corner of Berkshire, England. It is notable as the home of the artist Stanley Spencer. It lies 2.9 miles north-north-east of Maidenhead on the county border with Buckinghamshire, opposite the village of Bourne End. Cookham forms the southernmost and most rural part of the High Wycombe Urban Area. Cookham and its adjoining villages of Cookham Rise and Cookham Dean had a combined population of 5,779 at the 2011 Census. In 2011 The Daily Telegraph deemed Cookham Britain's second richest village.