Exclusive houses on the river between Bray and Maidenhead Bridge have been referred to as Berkshire's 'Millionaires' row' in the national press.

[citation needed] The flood risk of these houses has been decreased by the Jubilee River, a large drainage ditch dug between north Maidenhead and Datchet.

In terms of local government, it is in the Bray electoral ward of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

The Waterside Inn was founded in 1972 by the brothers Michel and Albert Roux after their success with Le Gavroche.

One of the local cottages has a tunnel which it is believed leads to the church and served as an escape route for clergymen.

The Jesus Hospital is a red-brick group of almhouses, founded in 1609 by William Goddard to house thirty-four of the aged poor of Bray and six of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, to which he belonged.

The titular character frequently changed his religious principles in order to remain in office throughout various reforming upheavals in the English church.