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Buckinghamshire

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Buckinghamshire
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Primary Destinations
Amersham • Aylesbury • Beaconsfield • High Wycombe • Milton Keynes • Slough
Other Important Destinations
Buckingham • Chesham • Marlow • Princes Risborough • Wendover
Current Highway Authorities
Buckinghamshire • Milton Keynes • Slough • Windsor and Maidenhead
Borders
Bedfordshire • Berkshire • Hertfordshire • Middlesex • Northamptonshire • Oxfordshire • Surrey
National Highways Roads
M1 • M4 • M25 • M40 • A5 • A40 • A404
This article is about the county.
For the Highway Authority, see Buckinghamshire Council
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Buckinghamshire is a traditional county in the Home Counties. It contains the large towns of Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Milton Keynes and Slough as well as the smaller Amersham, Beaconsfield, Buckingham, Chesham, Marlow, Princes Risborough and Wendover. Although the county is named after Buckingham, the county council has always been based in Aylesbury.

Geography & Economy

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The county is largely rural, with the majority of the population living in the New Town of Milton Keynes or the London commuter belt in the south; the county contains the Prime Minister's country seat of Chequers. The southern border of the county is on the River Thames, after which it heads north across the Chilterns to the Vale of Aylesbury and the valley of the Great Ouse. The WWII codebreaking site of Bletchley Park lies in the north of the county, whilst other grand houses include Cliveden, home of the Astors, and Waddesdon, home of the Rothschilds.

The Chilterns area was traditionally more industrial: furniture, paper, boots, brushes, lace, linen and, of course, chalk dug from pits. Aylesbury Vale was traditionally more pastoral, with cows being grazed. As such, it is a county of two halves - one chalk, the other cheese. This continues to this day, with the south of the county being economically linked to the capital and the Thames Valley, and the north of the county (especially Milton Keynes) being integrated into the emerging 'South Midlands'/'Varsity Arc' economy.

Roads

The A5 in Milton Keynes

Due to its proximity to London and shape, the county is in 3 numbering 'zones' for A and B roads (3, 4 and 5), and several other major routes out of London pass through the county such as the M1, M4, M40 and A41.

Most non-trunk roads within the traditional county are maintained by Buckinghamshire County Council and the Unitary Authorities of Slough in the south and Milton Keynes in the north, though a small number of roads in the south are maintained by Windsor & Maidenhead.

Route From To Length
M1 Staples Corner, Middlesex Hook Moor, Yorkshire 200 miles View
M4 Chiswick, Middlesex Pont Abraham, Carmarthenshire 191.9 miles View
M25 Fleet Downs, near Dartford Thurrock 117 miles View
M40 Denham, Buckinghamshire Umberslade, Warwickshire 89 miles View
Ringway 3 Bushey, Hertfordshire Bushey, Hertfordshire 103 miles View
Ringway 4 Chevening Navestock 126 miles View  
A4(M) Huntercombe Maidenhead Thicket 6 miles View
A40(M) Denham Stokenchurch 13 miles View
A41(M) Bucklandwharf Tring 2 miles View
A4 London Avonmouth 129.8 miles View
A5 London Holyhead 252 miles View
A32 Alton Gosport 29.1 miles View
A40 London Fishguard 263 miles View
A41 London Birkenhead 204 miles View
A331 Windsor Ditton Park 3.4 miles View
A332 Bagshot Slough 12.5 miles View
A355 Eton Amersham 13.0 miles View
A404 Marylebone, London Maidenhead 43.5 miles View
A412 Slough Garston, Watford 18.9 miles View
A413 Tatling End Silverstone 52.2 miles View
A416 Amersham Berkhamsted 8.1 miles View
A418 Wheatley Linslade 25.3 miles View
A421 Barleymow Roundabout, Brackley Black Cat Roundabout, Roxton 44.4 miles View
A422 Spetchley, Worcester Bromham 84.5 miles View
A428 Coventry Cambridge 79.3 miles View
A506 Hockliffe Northampton 27 miles View
A509 Milton Keynes Kettering 30.6 miles View
A3063 Old Windsor Datchet 1.4 miles View
A4007 Iver Heath Uxbridge 2.3 miles View
A4010 High Wycombe Stoke Mandeville 15.1 miles View
A4011 Wendover Aston Clinton 2.9 miles View
A4013 Oxford Road Walton Street 0.4 miles View
A4020 Shepherd's Bush Denham 13.7 miles View
A4090 Amersham Common Amersham-on-the-Hill 0.9 miles View
A4094 Maidenhead Loudwater 6.9 miles View
A4128 Great Missenden High Wycombe 7.0 miles View
A4129 Princes Risborough Thame 7.3 miles View
A4146 Hemel Hempstead Milton Keynes 16.7 miles View
A4154 Amersham Common Amersham-on-the-Hill 0.9 miles View
A4155 Southcote, Reading Bourne End 20.7 miles View
A4156 Friarage Road Buckingham Road 0.25 miles View
A4157 Aylesbury (W) Aylesbury (E) 2.1 miles View
A4160 Aston Clinton Dunstable 11.3 miles View
A4421 Bicester (SE) Finmere 8.5 miles View
A5130 Woburn Kingston, Milton Keynes 4.0 miles View  
B376 Upton, Slough Walton Bridge Road, Shepperton 12.8 miles View
B416 Chalfont St Peter Slough 8.8 miles View
B440 Hemel Hempstead Leighton Buzzard 12.4 miles View
B470 Cowley Windsor 8.0 miles View
B471 Iver Heath Denham 2.7 miles View
B472 Beaconsfield Amersham 4.6 miles View
B472 Slough Chalfont St Peter 7.2 miles View
B473 Slough Amersham 11.3 miles View
B474 Beaconsfield Hazlemere 5.3 miles View
B474 Stoke Poges Farnham Royal 1.6 miles View
B475 Slough High Street Slough Station 0.2 miles View
B476 Taplow Wooburn 4.4 miles View
B480 Lower Assendon Oxford 21.9 miles View
B482 Marlow Stokenchurch 8.4 miles View
B483 High Wycombe Great Missenden 6.1 miles View
B484 High Wycombe station Wycombe Abbey 0.2 miles View
B485 Great Missenden Chesham 4.0 miles View
B486 Boxmoor Leighton Buzzard 15.6 miles View
B488 Tring Linslade 9.9 miles View
B489 Buckland Dunstable 10.6 miles View
B526 Newport Pagnell Northampton 14.8 miles View
B557 Fenny Stratford Bedford 15.9 miles View
B558 Station Road Apsley Hill 0.5 miles View
B565 Olney Cold Brayfield 2.4 miles View
B3021 Old Windsor Datchet 3.0 miles View
B3022 Newell Green Slough (S) 9.4 miles View
B3023 Horton Road Majors Farm Road 0.4 miles View
B3026 Datchet Burnham, Slough 5.5 miles View
B3027 Bath Road Windsor Road 0.8 miles View
B3378 Longford Colnbrook 2.7 miles View
B4009 Newbury Tring(W) 46.5 miles View
B4010 Little Kimble Wendover 2.9 miles View
B4011 near Blackthorn Thame 11.7 miles View
B4032 Linslade Winslow 9.6 miles View
B4033 Winslow Great Horwood (N) 2.7 miles View
B4034 Standing Way, Bletchley Monks Way, Milton Keynes 4.5 miles View
B4440 Holtspur Wooburn Green 1.1 miles View
B4441 Sycamore Corner Oakfield Corner 0.17 miles View
B4442 Chalfont St Giles Little Chalfont 2.7 miles View
B4443 Aylesbury Stoke Mandeville 2.0 miles View
B4444 Longwick Princes Risborough 1.8 miles View
B4505 Chesham Boxmoor 6.5 miles View
B4506 Northchurch Whipsnade 7.3 miles View
B4544 Stoke Mandeville Aston Clinton 2.2 miles View
B4635 Bucklandwharf Tring(SE) 2.0 miles View
B5388 Yardley Hastings Olney 3.1 miles View     
T9 London Bristol View
T10 London Fishguard View
T11 London Holyhead View
T35 London Birmingham View

Key

Motorway
Primary Route
Non Primary Route
Former Motorway
Defunct Route
E Road
Future Motorway
Future Primary
Future Non Primary
Historical Route
Tourist Route
Roman Road
Unbuilt Motorway
Unbuilt Primary
Unbuilt Non Primary
National Cycle Network
Cycle Route
Eurovelo Cycle Route

Turnpikes

Main Article: Buckinghamshire Turnpikes

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Buckinghamshire


Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Buckinghamshire






Buckinghamshire
Sections
Projects
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Roads
NCN51 • A4 • A4(M) • A5 • A32 • A40 • A40(M) (Denham - Stokenchurch) • A41 • A41(M) • A331 (Windsor - Ditton Park) • A332 • A355 • A404 • A412 • A413 • A416 • A418 • A421 • A422 • A428 • A506 (Hockliffe - Northampton) • A509 • A3063 (Windsor) • A4007 • A4010 • A4011 • A4013 (Aylesbury) • A4020 • A4090 (Amersham) • A4094 • A4128 • A4129 • A4146 • A4154 • A4155 • A4156 • A4157 • A4160 (Aston Clinton - Dunstable) • A4421 • A5130 • Akeman Street • B376 • B416 • B440 • B470 • B471 (Iver Heath - Denham) • B472 (Beaconsfield - Amersham) • B472 (Slough - Chalfont St Peter) • B473 • B474 • B474 (Stoke Poges - Farnham Royal) • B475 • B476 • B480 • B482 • B483 (High Wycombe - Great Missenden) • B484 • B485 • B486 (Boxmoor - Leighton Buzzard) • B488 • B489 • B526 • B557 • B558 • B565 • B3021 • B3022 • B3023 (Datchet) • B3026 • B3027 • B3378 • B4009 • B4010 • B4011 • B4032 • B4033 • B4034 • B4440 • B4441 • B4442 • B4443 • B4444 • B4505 • B4506 • B4544 (Stoke Mandeville - Aston Clinton) • B4635 • B5388 • Cublington Airport Motorway • Denham Spur • E13 • E30 • E31 (via Carlisle) • E31 (via Newcastle) • E33 (London - Glasgow) • E105 (London - Fishguard) • H1 (Milton Keynes) • H2 (Milton Keynes) • H3 (Milton Keynes) • H4 (Milton Keynes) • H5 (Milton Keynes) • H6 (Milton Keynes) • H7 (Milton Keynes) • H8 (Milton Keynes) • H9 (Milton Keynes) • H10 (Milton Keynes) • Hatfield - Reading Turnpike • Holyhead Road • Icknield Way • London Oxford Airport Motorway • Longest Lane • M1 • M4 • M25 • M40 • NCN4 • Northern and Western Motorway • Northern Link Road • POLO • Ringway 3 • Ringway 4 • T9 (Britain) • T10 (Britain) • T11 (Britain) • T35 (Britain) • V1 (Milton Keynes) • V2 (Milton Keynes) • V3 (Milton Keynes) • V4 (Milton Keynes) • V5 (Milton Keynes) • V6 (Milton Keynes) • V7 (Milton Keynes) • V8 (Milton Keynes) • V9 (Milton Keynes) • V10 (Milton Keynes) • V11 (Milton Keynes) • V12 (Milton Keynes) • Watling Street • Western Link Road
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