An award-winning TV comedian has launched a campaign to make her village safer for cycling.
Eline Van Der Velden, known for her roles in BBC Three's Miss Holland and Putting It Out There, moved to Cookham in 2019.
However, she said she found the lack of cycle paths in the area hindered her bike rides.
She has now taken on her Miss Holland persona to encourage residents to sign a petition for "a safe, off-road multi-purpose cycling path network" in Cookham and Maidenhead.
The Dutch-born comedian said she "loves" living in the village but feels "it's getting worse every month".
She told BBC Radio Berkshire: "I was walking around the high street yesterday and there's nowhere to cross whatsoever.”
She suggests farm lanes could be used to create infrastructure for cycle lanes.
"There is a lot of land that is not being used in the same way or is only being used for farm traffic once in a while," she said.
"We can put nice cycling paths along those tracks, so people don't have to cycle on the roads because I think the roads are too narrow to cycle on."
As well as a petition, she has created an online video with local people showing places where they had experienced near misses.
Van Der Velden believes a 10-mile cycling path plan, proposed by a local farming family in 2019 and rejected due to a "lack of interest", should be revisited.
"The idea was to bring the whole of Cookham together, connect the three Cookham villages to each other via bike lanes and to Maidenhead and Bourne End and improve community connectivity," she said.
The comedian said farmers had discussed that suitable infrastructure for cycle paths would be needed in view of the increasing demand for housing in Berkshire.
She said the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead council had been "super proactive" and she is due to meet council officials to discuss costs.
In 2022, the council launched an infrastructure plan to make walking and cycling "convenient, safe and enjoyable travel options for everyone", which it backed up with a £1.5m investment.
Van Der Velden said she would like Cookham to become an example that other villages could look to and replicate.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead council has been contacted for comment.
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