Buckinghamshire

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Region: South East
Country: England

§ This page provides an overview of a UK's local authority district, bringing together various information to help you better understand this district.

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 local government for this district is: Buckinghamshire Council (Unitary Authority).

This district page, Buckinghamshire, is a sub-page of this region page: South East. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

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

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.

Districts in South East