Buckinghamshire is home to the rolling Chiltern Hills and the meandering River Thames. There are lovely Country walks between picturesque villages with a host of welcoming pubs. Why not relax by shopping in the pretty market towns of Marlow, Amersham or Buckingham? Or explore our rich literary heritage in the footsteps of great writers such as John Milton, TS Eliot and Mary Shelley. Lovers of historic houses will be spoilt for choice with the splendid Waddesdon Manor and the stunning Cliveden.
Buckinghamshire 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 sandy ridge to the valley of the River Great Ouse in the north. Within this region, the administrative, geographic, and historic counties encompass slightly different areas. The administrative county comprises of: Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks, and Wycombe. The geographic county also includes the unitary authority of Milton Keynes. The historic county encompasses the entire geographic county as well as the unitary authority of Slough, the part of the unitary authority of Windsor and Maidenhead that is north of the Thames and the town of Linslade, which lies in South Bedfordshire district in the administrative county of Bedfordshire.
Prior to the 20th century the historic county was profoundly rural. The modern growth of London has, with the help of excellent road and rail links with the city, dominated the southern most third of the county and created long ribbons of suburban development in the valleys of the Chiltern Hills. Commuter rail services extend to Aylesbury, the county town (seat), and High Wycombe.
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