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Old Mill Lane, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 2BB

The cream building with the interesting sign (q.v.) is the Fat Duck, one of the very best restaurants in the UK and owned by the charismatic Heston Blumenthal. The ordinary a la carte is "eighty pounds" and the eclectic tasting menu is "one hundred and fifteen pounds" - nothing so plebeian as £80 and £115 on these menus.

The interesting sign of the Fat Duck incorporates a webbed foot, feather and bill. Certainly from the outside this is a modest establishment although owned by a culinary megastar and appropriately priced.

The junction of High Street and Ferry Road.

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

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.

Looking north over flowers to catch the eye of "Britain in Bloom" judges, and past black & white half-timbered houses, towards the parish church of St Michael. The church dates from 1293, replacing a Norman church at the same location. The renowned 'Vicar of Bray' held the living here from 1667AD, under five separate monarchs, and is buried in the nave.

15th century. The sign on it carries the alternative spelling of lich gate.

Bray village centre and War Memorial.