Ballinger Common
Built-up area in Buckinghamshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.72, -0.68 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 91 03 |
| Dialling code: | 01494 (High Wycombe) |
Ballinger Common is a small, quietly attractive hamlet in Buckinghamshire, set on the northern fringes of the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The landscape is typical Chiltern country - rolling chalk hills, pockets of ancient woodland and a network of public footpaths - and the settlement feels more like a cluster of houses and farms than a built-up village, with Princes Risborough and other small market towns a short drive away.
Historically the "common" in the name points to land once used for shared grazing and woodland management, and that rural legacy still shapes the area's character. Today it is largely residential with a mix of farming, small local businesses and commuters who value the tranquil setting; walkers, cyclists and birdwatchers also prize the patchwork of fields and woods that surround the community.
Postcode districts covering Ballinger Common
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 21 miles33.8 km
- Reading 22.9 miles36.8 km
- Milton Keynes 22.1 miles35.5 km
- Luton 15.9 miles25.5 km
- Slough 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Oxford 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Harrow 17.1 miles27.6 km
- High Wycombe 7 miles11.2 km
- Watford 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Stevenage 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Hemel Hempstead 9.1 miles14.7 km
- St. Albans 15.6 miles25 km
Neighbouring places
- Lee Common Built-up area 0.6 miles0.9 km
- South Heath Built-up area 1 mile1.6 km
- Chiltern Ridges Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Chartridge Built-up area 1.3 miles2 km
- The Lee Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Great Missenden Parish 2 miles3.1 km
- Hyde Heath Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Cholesbury-cum-St. Leonards Parish 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Prestwood and Great Missenden Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Little Kingshill Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Little Missenden Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Cholesbury Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
Example postcodes in Ballinger Common
HP16 9LL, HP16 9LE, HP16 9LQ, HP16 9LF, HP16 9LH, HP16 9LJ, HP16 9LN
Transport links
- Luton Airport 17.1 miles27.5 km
- London Heathrow Airport 19.7 miles31.7 km
- Great Missenden Railway Station 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Wendover Railway Station 4.1 miles6.6 km
Hotels near Ballinger Common Ad
- Bel & the Dragon at Red Lion Wendover 4 4 miles6.4 km
- The Bedford Arms 3 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Pendley Manor 4 5.8 miles9.3 km
- The Kings Arms Hotel 4 4.5 miles7.3 km
- The Bell by Innkeeper's Collection 4 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Hartwell House & Spa 4 9.3 miles14.9 km
- The Five Bells by Innkeeper's Collection 4 6 miles9.6 km
- Holiday Inn Aylesbury 4 7.3 miles11.7 km
- The Kings Arms 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Boxmoor Lodge 3 8 miles12.9 km
Local points of interest
- Dancersend Nature Reserve Nature reserve 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Chequers court Country house 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Pendley Manor Estate 5.9 miles9.4 km
- Bradenham Manor Historic site 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Adams Park Stadium 8.1 miles13 km
- Wilton Park Estate 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Bulstrode Park Estate 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Beechwood House Estate 10.7 miles17.3 km
- Chiltern Hills Hill 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Park Wood Forest 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Park Wood Nature Reserve Nature reserve 11.2 miles18.1 km
- Thame Abbey Historic site 12.2 miles19.6 km