4 bed detached house for sale

Fern Lane, Marlow SL7

‘Fern Acre’ is a very spacious detached, believed to have been built in the 1960’s but now requiring significant investment to modernise & update, but with tremendous potential. Enjoying a truly tranquil & secluded setting at the very end of this much sought after private lane, surrounded by fields & open countryside. In our view an ideal opportunity for a family or a buyer looking to create a really special property to their own design & specification, within a 5-minute drive of both Bourne End village & Marlow town centre

Location

Set in this highly sought-after road., within half a mile of the village green & cricket pitch at Little Marlow and the local infant school and Norman Church. Little Marlow has two established public house/restaurants in the Kings Head & The Queens Head and adjoins local countryside with access to the Thames Path with riverside walks to Bourne End & Marlow.

Bourne End Village & Marlow Town Centre are both within two miles, offering stations to central London & Paddington via Maidenhead on the Elizabeth line. The Marlow bypass A404M is just over one mile with direct routes to the M4 motorway at J8/9 Maidenhead (7 miles) and the M40 motorway at J4 Handy Cross (3 miles). Marlow town centre has an array of bustling individual shops, cafes & restaurants including 'The Ivy Marlow Garden' in the High Street & Tom Kerridge's 2 Michelin Star 'The Hand & Flowers' in West Street. For families, the house is in the catchment for both Sir William Borlase & Great Marlow School.

Local recreation facilities include golf at Harleyford, Temple & Winter Hill; walking, riding & cycling in the Hambleden Valley; sailing at the Upper Thames Sailing Club in Bourne End & from Bourne End Marina; rowing at Marlow Rowing Club; Little Marlow C.C. Almost adjoining; clubs for tennis, hockey, bowls & cricket all in Pound Lane, Marlow alongside the Court Garden Leisure Complex with swimming pool & gymnasium, as well as the National Sports Centre at Bisham Abbey.

Directions

From the centre of Marlow proceed east from the obelisk at the top of the High Street along Spittal Street towards Bourne End. Cross the mini roundabout into Chapel Street, continue into Little Marlow Road, and after 2 miles, cross the roundabout with the A404 (Marlow Bypass) and continue towards Bourne End. Pass the Kings Head public house at Little Marlow on the right-hand side and after approx. Half a mile further, turn left into Fern Lane follow the road round to the right then continue to the very end of the lane where Fern Acre is the last house on the left-hand side.