Buckinghamshire
Beaconsfield
Monday, May 19th, 2008Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. The town sits in the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is part of the London commuter belt, thus the average cost of housing in the town is high. It is in the South Bucks local government district, […]
Aylesbury
Monday, May 19th, 2008Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south east England. It had a population in the 2001 census of 65,173 and is part of the London commuter belt.
A notable institution is Aylesbury Grammar School, which was founded in 1598; other notable buildings are the King’s Head Inn, which with the Fleece Inn at Bretforton […]
Princes Risborough
Monday, May 19th, 2008Princes Risborough is a small town in Buckinghamshire. It’s on the A4010 about halfway between High Wycombe and Aylesbury. The population is around 10,000. Why “Princes”? Because Edward the Black Prince apparently had a palace near St Mary’s Church. (The site is now, in the finest British tradition, a car park.) Before then, it was […]
Marlow
Monday, May 19th, 2008Marlow is an attractive town in the English county of Buckinghamshire. The town is situated on the River Thames in the Chilterns area of outstanding natural beauty, some 30 miles (50 km) west of London.
Marlow Bridge is a very attractive suspension bridge built 1829 and 1832 by the same engineer that built the Széchenyi Chain […]
High Wycombe
Monday, May 19th, 2008High Wycombe is a hilly town in the county of Buckinghamshire in England.
High Wycombe is easy to reach: it is on the railway line from Birmingham to London Marylebone and served by both local and fast trains. It is located just off the M40 motorway, and served by buses to and from many of the […]
Amersham
Monday, May 19th, 2008Amersham is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills. It is part of the London commuter belt.
Amersham is split into two distinct areas: Amersham on the Hill (locally known as Top Amersham), which is close to the railway station, and Old Amersham, which […]
Buckinghamshire
Monday, May 19th, 2008Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury and the largest town in ceremonial Buckinghamshire is Milton Keynes.
The area under the control of Buckinghamshire County Council, or shire county, is divided into four districts - Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe. The Borough […]