Sir Terry Wogan has been praised for putting Marlow on the map after he visited the town in a taxi just months before his death.

Bernard Burger, owner of Burger’s tea rooms, recalled the TV presenter’s visit to his café in August as part of BBC show Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip; which saw Sir Terry team up with cabbie Mason McQueen and travel across the UK to sample the best food on offer.

The pair were also served food by Michelin starred chef Tom Kerridge, who owns The Coach and Hand & Flowers on West Street.

On Sir Terry’s visit, Mr Burger said: “From my point of view it is to do with Marlow than Burgers itself. Marlow was on TV which put it on the map and it did absolute wonders for the town.

“It sparked a lot of interested and people would come in talking about it after it was on TV.

“It helped that on the day of filming it was a beautiful day and all the bunting was up from the Regatta so I imagine it drew a lot of people to the town.”

Sir Terry also paid a visit to the Marlow museum, where he watched the town’s longstanding lace maker Pamela ‘Nottingham’ Johnson practice her trade.

Museum chairman, Mike Hyde, recounted how he was struck by Sir Terry’s laid back attitude, saying: “I was contacted by the BBC saying he would like to come to the museum because he heard about the local lace maker and we said ‘yes we would be delighted.’

“He had a go at lace making and we took a few photos and then he went to the brewery.

“He was exactly as he is on TV. Very laid back and always smiling and joking and he just did whatever the crew told him to do. I invited him in and I took him round the museum for five minutes.”

The acclaimed broadcaster had close links with Marlow, having opened the St Katharine’s Lady Ryder Memorial Gardens in Frieth in 2012 as well as supporting the All Saints Church campaign to replace its spire back in 1991.