Notable Residents
- Ellen MacArthur - solo long-distance yachtswoman
- Alan Titchmarsh - gardener, novelist and broadcaster
- Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma, future Empress of Austria-Hungary was educated at a nearby convent as a young girl
- Dr Thomas Arnold — Headmaster of Rugby School
- Jeremy Irons — film actor and Oscar and double-Emmy winner
- Cliff Michelmore — BBC television and radio presenter/producer
- Mark King — bassist and lead singer of Jazz/Funk Fusion band Level 42
- Albert Ketèlbey — composer, conductor and pianist
- Kenneth Kendall — journalist and broadcaster
- Celia Imrie — actress
- Uffa Fox — naval architect, author, yachtsman
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