The Anchorage is situated in a tucked-away position on River Road, a private road on the banks of the River Thames.
Taplow provides local shops with the nearby village of Bray providing some of the country's top restaurants, notably Michelin starred The Waterside Inn and The Fat Duck. More extensive shopping and recreational facilities may be found in the nearby towns of Maidenhead and Windsor.
Taplow is supremely well situated for road communication from the M4 with direct access to Heathrow and links to both the M25 and the A404(M)/ M40; rail access is equally convenient with direct services to London Paddington (average journey time approximately 34 minutes) available from Maidenhead and to London Waterloo from Windsor.
There is extensive schooling available with many well regarded schools and colleges in the area including preparatory schools including St Georges Windsor Castle, Ludgrove, Papplewick, and Lambrook; senior schools including Wellington College, Eton College, Holyport College, Wycombe Abbey, and St. Mary's Ascot.
Sporting and recreational facilities in the area are varied and include golf at Temple, Maidenhead, Marlow, Harleyford, The Royal Berkshire, Hawthorn Hill, Sunningdale and Wentworth; horse racing at Windsor, Ascot, Kempton, Sandown, Epsom and Newbury; polo at Smith's Lawn, Guards Polo Club and Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club; horse riding and walking in Windsor Great Park; flying at White Waltham Airfield; rowing at Maidenhead Rowing Club, Dorney Lake and Henley, home to the renowned Henley Regatta; boating and sailing at Bray Lake
and on stretches of the River Thames.