Buckinghamshire
§ This page gives an overview of the Buckinghamshire local authority district, bringing together key facts, maps, and data to help you quickly understand the area. One of 361 district profiles on Baseview.
Overview ⁞ Buckinghamshire is a large district combining historic towns, countryside, and part of the Chiltern Hills AONB. High Wycombe is the largest town, with a historic market and theatre, while Aylesbury, Amersham, and Buckingham add local heritage. Marlow sits on the River Thames, with a famous suspension bridge and riverside walks. The Chiltern Hills provide chalk escarpments, beech woodlands, and scenic villages, while the Vale of Aylesbury offers fertile farmland and open landscapes. The mix of rivers, hills, towns, and villages defines its varied geography.
The administrative boundary of Buckinghamshire can be viewed on OpenStreetMap: District Boundary of Buckinghamshire.
Key Facts about Buckinghamshire
What region is Buckinghamshire in? Buckinghamshire is in the South East of England, a region within the UK.
What county is Buckinghamshire in? Buckinghamshire is in the county of Buckinghamshire.
Is Buckinghamshire a city? No, Buckinghamshire is not a city. (Note: the UK has 76 officially designated cities.)
Who governs Buckinghamshire? The local government for this district is: Buckinghamshire Council (Unitary Authority).
▶ Official website of Buckinghamshire Council 🔗 buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Which police force covers Buckinghamshire? Policing in Buckinghamshire is provided by Thames Valley Police 🔗 thamesvalley.police.uk, which serves 13 local authority districts: Bracknell Forest ⁞ Buckinghamshire ⁞ Cherwell ⁞ Milton Keynes ⁞ Oxford ⁞ Reading ⁞ Slough ⁞ South Oxfordshire ⁞ Vale of White Horse ⁞ West Berkshire ⁞ West Oxfordshire ⁞ Windsor and Maidenhead ⁞ Wokingham.
Buckinghamshire in International Geographies
In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Buckinghamshire is within one of ITLs Level 2 area, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, that contains the following 5 ITLs Level 3 areas:
(ITL 1) South East
(ITL 2) ⇒ Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
(ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Milton Keynes ⁞ Buckinghamshire ⁞ Oxfordshire CC ⁞ Berkshire East ⁞ Berkshire West
The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.
Constituencies in Buckinghamshire
A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.
Wards in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is divided into 49 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Abbey
- Amersham and Chesham Bois
- Aston Clinton and Bierton
- Aylesbury East
- Aylesbury North
- Aylesbury North West
- Aylesbury South East
- Aylesbury South West
- Aylesbury West
- Beaconsfield
- Bernwood
- Booker, Cressex and Castlefield
- Buckingham East
- Buckingham West
- Chalfont St Giles
- Chalfont St Peter
- Chesham
- Chess Valley
- Chiltern Ridges
- Chiltern Villages
- Cliveden
- Denham
- Downley
- Farnham Common and Burnham Beeches
- Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow and Marlow South East
- Gerrards Cross
- Great Brickhill
- Great Missenden
- Grendon Underwood
- Hazlemere
- Iver
- Ivinghoe
- Little Chalfont and Amersham Common
- Marlow
- Penn Wood and Old Amersham
- Ridgeway East
- Ridgeway West
- Ryemead and Micklefield
- Stoke Poges and Wexham
- Stone and Waddesdon
- Terriers and Amersham Hill
- The Risboroughs
- The Wooburns, Bourne End and Hedsor
- Totteridge and Bowerdean
- Tylers Green and Loudwater
- Wendover, Halton and Stoke Mandeville
- West Wycombe
- Wing
- Winslow
In the UK, a ward is a subdivision of a local authority area, used mainly for electoral and statistical purposes. Defined by the ONS, wards represent the primary unit for local elections, each returning one or more councillors to the local council. Wards are also used as a key geography for presenting population and census data.
Parishes in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is part-parished: 171 civil parishes (listed A-Z below) alongside 1 unparished areas.
- Addington
- Adstock
- Akeley
- Amersham
- Ashendon
- Ashley Green
- Aston Abbotts
- Aston Clinton
- Aston Sandford
- Aylesbury
- Barton Hartshorn
- Beachampton
- Beaconsfield
- Berryfields
- Biddlesden
- Bierton
- Bledlow-cum-Saunderton
- Boarstall
- Bradenham
- Brill
- Broughton Hamlet
- Buckingham
- Buckingham Park
- Buckland
- Burnham
- Calvert Green
- Chalfont St Giles
- Chalfont St. Peter
- Charndon
- Chartridge
- Chearsley
- Cheddington
- Chenies
- Chepping Wycombe
- Chesham
- Chesham Bois
- Chetwode
- Chilton
- Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards
- Coldharbour
- Coleshill
- Creslow
- Cublington
- Cuddington
- Denham
- Dinton-with-Ford and Upton
- Dorney
- Dorton
- Downley
- Drayton Beauchamp
- Drayton Parslow
- Dunton
- East Claydon
- Edgcott
- Edlesborough
- Ellesborough
- Farnham Royal
- Fawley
- Fleet Marston
- Foscott
- Fulmer
- Gawcott with Lenborough
- Gerrards Cross
- Granborough
- Great and Little Hampden
- Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh
- Great Brickhill
- Great Horwood
- Great Marlow
- Great Missenden
- Grendon Underwood
- Haddenham
- Halton
- Hambleden
- Hardwick
- Hazlemere
- Hedgerley
- Hedsor
- Hillesden
- Hoggeston
- Hogshaw
- Hughenden
- Hulcott
- Ibstone
- Ickford
- Iver
- Ivinghoe
- Kingsbrook
- Kingsey
- Kingswood
- Lacey Green
- Lane End
- Latimer and Ley Hill
- Leckhampstead
- Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey
- Lillingstone Lovell
- Little Chalfont
- Little Horwood
- Little Marlow
- Little Missenden
- Long Crendon
- Longwick-cum-Ilmer
- Ludgershall
- Maids Moreton
- Marlow
- Marlow Bottom
- Marsh Gibbon
- Marsworth
- Medmenham
- Mentmore
- Middle Claydon
- Mursley
- Nash
- Nether Winchendon
- Newton Longville
- North Marston
- Oakley
- Oving
- Padbury
- Penn
- Piddington and Wheeler End
- Pitchcott
- Pitstone
- Poundon
- Preston Bissett
- Princes Risborough
- Quainton
- Radclive-cum-Chackmore
- Radnage
- Seer Green
- Shabbington
- Shalstone
- Slapton
- Soulbury
- Steeple Claydon
- Stewkley
- Stoke Hammond
- Stoke Mandeville
- Stoke Poges
- Stokenchurch
- Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell
- Stowe
- Swanbourne
- Taplow
- The Lee
- Thornborough
- Thornton
- Tingewick
- Turville
- Turweston
- Twyford
- Upper Winchendon
- Waddesdon
- Water Stratford
- Watermead
- Weedon
- Wendover
- West Wycombe
- Westbury
- Westcott
- Weston Turville
- Wexham
- Whaddon
- Whitchurch
- Wing
- Wingrave with Rowsham
- Winslow
- Wooburn
- Woodham
- Worminghall
- Wotton Underwood
A civil parish is the lowest tier of local government in England, used for villages, small towns, and suburbs. They have their own local authority, either a parish council or a parish meeting, which provides local services like managing parks, allotments, and streetlights, and represents the community's views to larger councils.
Built-up Areas in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire covers 156 built-up areas, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Akeley
- Amersham
- Ashley Green
- Askett and Whiteleaf
- Aston Abbotts
- Aston Clinton
- Aylesbury
- Baker's Wood
- Ballinger Common
- Barton Hartshorn
- Beacon's Bottom
- Beaconsfield
- Bierton
- Bishopstone (Buckinghamshire)
- Bledlow Ridge
- Bletchley *
- Bolter End
- Bourne End *
- Bovingdon Green
- Bray *
- Brill
- Broughton (Buckinghamshire)
- Buckingham
- Butler's Cross
- Calvert
- Chalfont St Giles
- Chalfont St Peter
- Chartridge
- Chearsley
- Cheddington
- Chesham
- Cholesbury *
- Chorleywood *
- Clayhill
- Coleshill (Buckinghamshire)
- Cookham *
- Cryers Hill
- Cublington
- Cuddington (Buckinghamshire)
- Dadford
- Dagnall
- Denham
- Dinton (Buckinghamshire)
- Dorney Reach *
- Dorton
- Downley
- Drayton Parslow
- Eaton Bray and Edlesborough *
- Edgcott
- Eton Wick *
- Farnham Common and Farnham Royal *
- Fawley
- Finmere *
- Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green
- Fleet Marston
- Frieth
- Fulmer
- Gawcott
- George Green
- Gerrards Cross
- Granborough
- Great Brickhill
- Great Horwood
- Great Kimble
- Great Kingshill
- Greenlands
- Grendon Underwood
- Haddenham (Buckinghamshire)
- Halton (Buckinghamshire)
- Hazlemere
- High Wycombe
- Higher Denham
- Hillingdon *
- Hughenden Valley
- Hurley (Windsor and Maidenhead) *
- Hyde Heath
- Ickford
- Iver
- Iver Heath
- Lacey Green and Loosley Row
- Lane End
- Lee Common
- Leighton Buzzard *
- Ley Hill
- Little Chalfont
- Little Gaddesden *
- Little Kimble
- Little Kingshill
- Little Missenden
- Long Crendon
- Longwick
- Ludgershall (Buckinghamshire)
- Lye Green
- Maidenhead *
- Maids Moreton
- Marlow *
- Marlow Bottom
- Marsh Gibbon
- Marsworth
- Milton Keynes *
- Mundaydean Bottom
- Mursley
- Nash
- New Denham *
- Newton Longville
- Newton Purcell *
- North Marston
- Oakley (Buckinghamshire)
- Oving
- Padbury
- Pitstone
- Prestwood and Great Missenden
- Princes Risborough
- Quainton
- Richings Park
- Seer Green
- Shabbington
- Shipton Lee
- Silverstone *
- Slapton (Buckinghamshire)
- Slough *
- Soulbury
- South Heath
- Speen
- Steeple Claydon
- Stewkley
- Stoke Hammond
- Stoke Mandeville
- Stoke Poges
- Stokenchurch
- Stone (Buckinghamshire)
- Swanbourne
- Taplow
- Tatling End
- The City
- Thornborough
- Tingewick
- Turweston *
- Twyford (Buckinghamshire)
- Waddesdon
- Walter's Ash and Naphill
- Weedon
- Wendover
- West Hyde *
- Westbury (Buckinghamshire) *
- Westcott (Buckinghamshire)
- Weston Turville
- Wexham Street
- Whaddon (Buckinghamshire)
- Whitchurch (Buckinghamshire)
- Whitfield (Buckinghamshire)
- Winchmore Hill
- Wing (Buckinghamshire)
- Wingrave
- Winslow
- Worminghall *
In the UK, a Built-up Area (BUA) is a continuous urban area of at least 20 hectares (0.2 km²), defined by the ONS as land where buildings are generally no more than 200 metres apart, such as towns, cities, or large villages. (Note: A BUA name marked with an asterisk (*) indicates that the area is situated partly in the district of Buckinghamshire.)
Buckinghamshire compared with other districts in the UK
This section shows how Buckinghamshire compares with other local authority districts in the UK, using a variety of measures and rankings.
Buckinghamshire has 49 electoral wards.
Buckinghamshire has a population of 578,772 (2024 mid-year estimate by ONS)
More local statistics and data for Buckinghamshire can be found on the ONS statistics for Buckinghamshire.