Many Marlow residents would have walked past Sir Steve Redgrave’s statue in Higginson Park. Born in Marlow Sir Steve Redgrave is the most successful male rower having won five Olympic gold medals in consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championship golds before retiring from competition. A young Sir Steve Redgrave went to school at Great Marlow School.
The radio and television personality bought a property in Marlow in June 2019. He has already turned the town’s Christmas lights on doing it virtually last year with his son.