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High Street, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 2AQ

St Michael's Church is at the back. The Fat Duck is in the row on the left. The village pub, the Hinds Head, is in the same culinary empire as the Fat Duck.

One of the most famous restaurants in the country, ran by tv chef Heston Blumenthal, this Michelin 3 star restaurant is known for its experimental menu. This is one of only three Michelin 3 star restaurants in the UK, another of which is also in Bray just down the road. Image Formerly a public house. Grade II listed.

In the centre of Bray village, the Fat Duck Restaurant has this half cutlery, half duck sign hanging outside. Instead of a fork knife and spoon you've got a beak, a feather and a foot.

Co-owned by Heston Blumenthal of Image the public house dates from the 15th century. The Hinds Head's website is here http://www.thehindsheadhotel.com/index.aspx The pub has been patronized by the Royal Family, most notably by Queen Elizabeth II in 1963 to celebrate the engagement of Princess Margaret to Lord Snowdon, but also by Prince Philip who celebrated his stag night here prior to his marriage to Princess Elizabeth in 1947.

Grade II listed.

A brief traffic-free moment with the Fat Duck to the right and Hind's Head and St Michael's church ahead.

The junction of High Street and Ferry Road.

War memorial and black & white half-timbered houses in Bray present a quintessential English scene.

Traditional gastro-pub on the main street.

The unostentatious pale building is the world-renowned Fat Duck restaurant opened in 1995 by Heston Blumenthal. It won three Michelin stars in 2004, was awarded the accolade of Best Restaurant in the UK in 2008 by the Good Food Guide, and Second Best Restaurant in the World in 2008 by Restaurant Magazines International Academy. The menu features an A La Carte listing at ninety-five pounds and a Tasting Menu at one hundred and twenty-five pounds. Amongst the gastronomic delights to be found in the Tasting Menu are Snail Porridge, Salmon Poached in Liquorice Gel, and Ballotine of Anjou Pigeon. From the wine list a glass of fine burgundy, say, Chambertin, Grand Cru, Dom A Rousseau, 1990, is priced at £1,295. The Fat Duck's website is here http://www.fatduck.co.uk/ There is a Francis Frith photograph from a similar viewpoint here http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/berkshire/bray/photos/bray_63821.htm which shows the restaurant building but with exposed half-timbering in the near gable end.