Marlow High Street will be covered in a blanket of snow later this month, as Mary Berry comes to town.

A flurry of snow has been guaranteed for the Christmas switch on and shop event on November 24, thanks to two snow machines at either end of the High Street.

The snow will begin to fall from 5.30pm as the town starts its Christmas countdown in style with a visit from national treasure and Baking queen, Mary Berry.

To add to the authentic Christmas scene, there will be carols and songs from the Marlow Choral Society, Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School Gospel Choir and the Tapestry Choir. 

Bake Off star, Mary, will climb to the top of a double-decker bus outside The Chequers pub in the High Street to turn on Marlow’s popular Christmas lights display, illuminating the town with twinkling Christmas trees and garlands of fairy lights.

Shops will open late, and there will be special promotions, offers and Christmas displays throughout the town, while Marlow FM will be playing festive songs all evening.

This year’s Christmas lights fund was boosted by a “generous” donation from Girteka Logistics, the logistics company whose driver damaged Marlow Bridge and forced it to close.

Mary Berry, who lives in Penn, joins a long line of local celebrities who have switched on the Christmas lights in Marlow.

Last year, Marlow resident and Olympic rower, Steve Redgrave, was given the honour, while a year before that, Tom Kerridge flicked the switch.

This year’s Switch on and Shop starts at 5.30pm, and the High Street will be closed from 5pm until 7.30pm for the switch-on ceremony.