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Covering Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham, High Wycombe, Amersham, Chesham, Gerrards Cross, Great Missenden, Marlow, Newport Pagnell, Princes Risborough, Witham and all areas of Buickinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is situated to the north west of London. Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes is the largest town. There are 4 districts in Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale, South Bucks, Wycombe and Chiltern. Buckinghamshire has its name in Anglo Saxon origin.
The major towns in Buckinghamshire are Buckingham, Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Marlow, Amersham, Chesham, Beaconsfield, Burnham, Milton Keynes and Newport Pagnall.
Buckinghamshire’s county town, Aylesbury, has doubled since the 1960’s and the town is used as a bicycling demonstration area. This helped Buckinghamshire county council won a million pounds funding to promote the use of bicycling.
Buckingham is a small market town with a population of about 12,000. In the year 888 Alfred the Great declared Buckingham a town.
Chairs are the most well known product to come out of High Wycombes well known furniture industry.
Milton Keynes is the biggest town in Buckinghamshire, but as a new town was only started during the 1960’s. Milton Keynes was built as an overspill for London and is roughly designed on a grid system. Each square is 1km wide and this gives the town more than 100 neighbourhoods that are easily identifiable.
Newport Pagnall is in the borough of Milton Keynes & was the site where Aston Martin cars were made until the opening of the Ford Motor Company plant that is in Warwickshire, not Buckinghamshire.
The Thames Valley Police Force police Amersham a town that has a population of just under 22 thousand.
Beaconsfield is a fairly expensive place to live, this is due to the fact it is part of an area of outstanding beauty and it is twenty five miles from London.
Marlow, another Buckinghamshire town, is where Fusarium Venenatum, which is used in the production of Quorn was discovered. The town sits on the River Thames.
Henry VIII imposed a tax on the Buckinghamshire town of Chesham to pay towards his wars against the French and the Scottish.
Many TV shows including Jonathan Creek and Midsomer Murders have used Princes Risborough, a town in the Buckinghamshire district of Wycombe, as a location.
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