Askett and Whiteleaf
Built-up area in Buckinghamshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.735, -0.815 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 81 04 |
| Dialling code: | 01296 (Aylesbury) |
Askett and Whiteleaf sit on the scarp of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, just above Princes Risborough. The settlements lie within the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with beech woods, chalk slopes and commons that make the area popular with walkers and birdwatchers.
Whiteleaf is best known for the simple but striking Whiteleaf Cross, a chalk figure on the hillside of uncertain origin that frames long views over the Vale of Aylesbury, and there are nearby earthworks and old quarries of local interest. Askett is a small, picturesque community of stone cottages and narrow lanes, largely residential with some farming and small businesses, while many people commute to London or neighbouring towns; together they offer a quietly rural, historically textured corner of the Chilterns.
Postcode districts covering Askett and Whiteleaf
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 21.1 miles34 km
- Milton Keynes 21 miles33.8 km
- Luton 19.5 miles31.4 km
- Slough 17.6 miles28.3 km
- Oxford 18.5 miles29.8 km
- Harrow 22.7 miles36.6 km
- High Wycombe 7.9 miles12.6 km
- Watford 18.2 miles29.3 km
- Hemel Hempstead 14.7 miles23.6 km
- St. Albans 21.2 miles34.1 km
- Bracknell 22.6 miles36.3 km
- Aylesbury 5.7 miles9.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Great Kimble Built-up area 1 mile1.6 km
- Princes Risborough Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Little Kimble Built-up area 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh Parish 1.5 miles2.5 km
- The Risboroughs Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Ellesborough Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Longwick Built-up area 1.8 miles3 km
- Butler's Cross Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Ridgeway East Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Longwick-cum-Ilmer Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Terrick Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Great and Little Hampden Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
Example postcodes in Askett and Whiteleaf
HP27 0LN, HP27 9LY, HP27 0LY, HP27 9LR, HP27 0LR, HP27 0LU, HP27 9LT, HP27 0NA, HP27 0LZ … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 21.4 miles34.4 km
- London Heathrow Airport 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Monks Risborough Railway Station 0.6 miles1 km
- Little Kimble Railway Station 1.2 miles1.9 km
Hotels near Askett and Whiteleaf Ad
- Bel & the Dragon at Red Lion Wendover 4 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Hartwell House & Spa 4 5 miles8.1 km
- Holiday Inn Aylesbury 4 5.5 miles8.8 km
- The Five Bells by Innkeeper's Collection 4 4.4 miles7.1 km
- The Bell by Innkeeper's Collection 4 6 miles9.6 km
- The Bell Hotel Aylesbury 4 5.5 miles8.9 km
- The Inn at Emmington 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Pendley Manor 4 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Mercure Thame Lambert Hotel 4 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Hampton by Hilton High Wycombe 8.7 miles14 km
Local points of interest
- Chequers court Country house 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Bradenham Manor Historic site 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Dancersend Nature Reserve Nature reserve 5.6 miles9 km
- Thame Abbey Historic site 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Chiltern Hills Hill 6.4 miles10.4 km
- Adams Park Stadium 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Pendley Manor Estate 9 miles14.4 km
- Waddesdon Manor Museum 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Museum 10.2 miles16.3 km
- Wilton Park Estate 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Swyncombe House Estate 12.3 miles19.7 km
- Medmenham Abbey Historic site 13 miles20.9 km