Guide to Rural England – Bukinghamshire
Devotees of the ITV drama series Midsomer
Murders will already have a good idea of what
Buckinghamshire looks like – all the major
outdoor locations lie within the county with
the impossibly picturesque villages of
Quainton, Waddesdon and Long Crendon
featuring frequently.
The south of the county, with the River
Thames as its southern boundary, lies almost
entirely within the chalk range of the
Chiltern Hills, most of which is classed as an
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The
county town since the 18th century has been
Aylesbury, the market centre for the attractive
Vale of Aylesbury, which runs from the
Chilterns in the south to Buckingham in the
north. Here, the visitor will discover a rural
patchwork of secluded countryside,
woodland and valleys, waterways, charming
villages and busy market towns. A thousand
miles of footpaths include the ancient Ridgeway, and the quiet country lanes and
gentle undulations make cycling a real
pleasure; the Vale is at the heart of the new
National Cycle Network. The area around the
former county town of Buckingham is
perhaps the least discovered part of
Buckinghamshire, still chiefly rural, with a
wealth of attractive villages and a number of
fine houses, including Ascott House, a
former Rothschild residence; Claydon House,
where Florence Nightingale was a frequent
visitor; Winslow Hall, designed by Wren; and
Stowe, with its marvellous deer park. In this
area are also two outstanding churches, the
Saxon Church of All Saints at Wing and St
Michael’s Church at Stewkley, one of the
finest Norman churches in the whole
country. The northern region of the county
is dominated by the new town of Milton
Keynes, developed in the 1960s but
incorporating several much older villages
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