Buckinghamshire

County near London

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial county in south-central England, northwest of London.

Often abbreviated to Bucks, it encompasses the Chiltern Hills and historically served as a buffer between London and the Midlands.

The county town is Aylesbury, though the larger town of Milton Keynes lies within its borders.

We drove through Buckinghamshire on our way to Oxford.

towns

Marlow

English river town

Burnham

geography

beechwoods

Forests of a specific hardwood

woodland · footpaths · landscapes · views · scenic · rambling · trails · hiking · nature · flora

history

Domesday Book

1086 English land survey

Tudor · Victorian · manors · stately homes · Bletchley Park · National Trust · listed buildings · heritage · archaeology · ancient

rural

farmland

Agricultural terrain

hedgerows · villages · orchards · arable · livestock · sheep · cattle · harvest · thatch · barns

Opposites
geographic proximity to london

BuckinghamshireNorthumberland

English county bordering Scotland

Cornwall · Cumbria · Greater London · Greater Manchester · Devon

regional character (affluent south vs. post-industrial north)

BuckinghamshireGreater Manchester

Metropolitan county, northwest England

Nottinghamshire · Staffordshire

Family

shire, Bucks, Buckingham

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G