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Buckinghamshire (/ ˈ b ʌ k ɪ ŋ ə m ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /, abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the east, Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, and Oxfordshire to the west.
Mar 27, 2024 · Buckinghamshire, administrative, geographic, and historic county of southern England. It stretches from the River Thames in the south and the outskirts of London in the southeast across the ridge of chalk upland known as the Chiltern Hills, thence across the fertile Vale of Aylesbury and a low.
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Buckinghamshire ( / ˈbʌkɪŋəmʃər, - ʃɪər /, abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the east, Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, and Oxfordshire to the west.
51°59′42″N0°59′10″W51.995°N 0.986°W. Buckingham ( / ˈbʌkɪŋ ( h) əm / BUK-ing- (h)əm) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the 2011 Census.
- Marlow. The town of Malow is an exceptionally pretty Thameside community, with resplendent mansions by the water and lots of fun and interesting things happening on the river in summer.
- Milton Keynes. A “new town” that only came to be in the 1960s, Milton Keynes differs from the other destinations on this list because its charms don’t lie in its distant history, landscape or architecture.
- Aylesbury. Buckinghamshire’s county town has a lovely Georgian centre, with timber Tudor and Jacobean houses sprinkled here and there. One of these is the King’s Head Coaching Inn, a medieval pub set around a cobbled courtyard where horses were once stabled.
- Buckingham. A powerful settlement in Anglo-Saxon times, Buckingham was granted county town status as far back as the 900s by King Alfred the Great. A devastating fire hit Buckingham in 1725, and the rebuild brought us the elegant Georgian streetscapes that we see today.
Bucks (shorthand for Buckinghamshire) is a middle-size county, stretching from West London, near Heathrow Airport, to the outer reach of the Midlands. It borders, going clockwise from London, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and London. It is home to about 712,000 people with substantial residential growth ...
4 min read. Facts about Buckinghamshire. Population: 756,000. Famous for: Chilterns, The Ridgeway, landed estates. Distance from London: 30 mins – 1 hour. Local delicacies Bacon Dumpling, Cherry Turnovers, Stokenchurch Pie. Airports: None (close to Heathrow though) County Town: Aylesbury.
