Abbey
Ward in Buckinghamshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.624, -0.762 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 85 92 |
| Dialling code: | 01494 (High Wycombe) |
Abbey is a central ward of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, covering parts of the town centre and adjacent residential streets. It combines older town-centre architecture and Victorian terraces with more recent housing and commercial developments, and sits within easy reach of Aylesbury railway station and cultural amenities such as the Waterside Theatre and the Buckinghamshire County Museum.
The ward is socially mixed, with families, older residents and students sharing neighbourhoods alongside pockets of social housing and areas that have seen recent regeneration. Local life tends to revolve around the market, shops, pubs and community groups, and local councillors typically focus on issues such as housing, transport and high‑street vitality that reflect the pressures and opportunities of a county-town centre.
Postcode districts covering Abbey
HP10, HP11, HP12, HP13, HP14, HP15
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 22 miles
- Reading 15.4 miles
- Luton 23.3 miles
- Slough 10 miles
- Oxford 22.7 miles
- Harrow 18.4 miles
- High Wycombe 0.6 miles
- Watford 15.4 miles
- Woking 23.1 miles
- Hemel Hempstead 15.2 miles
- St. Albans 20.9 miles
- Bracknell 14.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- High Wycombe Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Booker, Cressex and Castlefield Ward 0.8 miles
- Terriers and Amersham Hill Ward 1.5 miles
- Ryemead and Micklefield Ward 1.5 miles
- Totteridge and Bowerdean Ward 1.6 miles
- Downley Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Clayhill Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Little Marlow Parish 2.3 miles
- Marlow Bottom Built-up area 2.3 miles
- West Wycombe Parish 2.3 miles
- Flackwell Heath, Little Marlow and Marlow South East Ward 2.7 miles
- Chepping Wycombe Parish 2.7 miles
Example postcodes in Abbey
HP11 2BP, HP11 2UN, HP12 3SD, HP12 4UA, HP11 1PD, HP11 2JR, HP11 2SX, HP11 1QG, HP12 3PB … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 16.8 miles
- Luton Airport 24.2 miles
- High Wycombe Railway Station 0.8 miles
- Marlow Railway Station 3.7 miles
Hotels in Abbey Ad
Schools in Abbey
- Chepping View Primary Academy Primary
- Chiltern Wood School Special
- High Wycombe C of E Combined School Primary
- John Hampden Grammar School Secondary
- Oakridge School Primary
- St Michael's Catholic School All ages
- Wycombe Abbey Independent - all ages
- Wycombe High School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Adams Park Stadium 1.7 miles
- Bradenham Manor Historic site 3.4 miles
- Wilton Park Estate 5.7 miles
- Medmenham Abbey Historic site 6.2 miles
- Chiltern Hills Hill 7.3 miles
- Chequers court Country house 8.3 miles
- Bulstrode Park Estate 8.8 miles
- Swyncombe House Estate 10.4 miles
- Dancersend Nature Reserve Nature reserve 10.8 miles
- Windsor Racecourse Recreation 10.8 miles
- Crowsley Park Estate 11 miles
- Thame Abbey Historic site 11.2 miles