Calvert
Built-up area in Buckinghamshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.913, -1.004 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 68 24 |
Calvert is a small village on the Buckinghamshire–Oxfordshire edge, set in gently rolling countryside rather than a built-up town. Its landscape is shaped by a history of clay extraction and the old railway: a former brickworks and the alignment of the Great Central Main Line left pits and cuttings that have since become rough meadow, reedbeds and lakes that attract wildlife and walkers. The village retains a quiet, rural feel while being within reach of larger towns and transport links, so many residents combine local life with commuting or work in nearby centres.
Culturally and economically the place has an industrial heritage rather than a long civic centre: brickmaking and the railway dominated for a century, and more recently the disused industrial sites have proved attractive for nature recovery and proposals for logistics or energy uses. Socially it reads as a small, close-knit community rooted in the countryside, with the contrast between reclaimed green spaces and traces of past industry giving Calvert a distinctive character within Buckinghamshire.
Postcode districts covering Calvert
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 13.7 miles22 km
- Northampton 22.6 miles36.5 km
- Luton 24.1 miles38.8 km
- Oxford 15.2 miles24.5 km
- High Wycombe 22.4 miles36.1 km
- Aylesbury 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Dunstable 20.6 miles33.2 km
- Bletchley 12.4 miles20 km
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Banbury 17.6 miles28.3 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 20.4 miles32.8 km
- Leighton Buzzard 14.6 miles23.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Calvert Green Parish 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Charndon Parish 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Edgcott Built-up area 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Twyford Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Steeple Claydon Built-up area 1.8 miles3 km
- Grendon Underwood Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Marsh Gibbon Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Middle Claydon Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Poundon Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Preston Bissett Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Hillesden Parish 3 miles4.9 km
- East Claydon Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
Example postcodes in Calvert
MK18 2FS, MK18 2GB, MK18 2FX, MK18 2FD, MK18 2FB, MK18 2HE, MK18 2FF, MK18 2FE, MK18 2GA … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 27.2 miles43.8 km
- London Heathrow Airport 38.5 miles62 km
- Bicester North Railway Station 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Bicester Town Railway Station 6.3 miles10.2 km
Hotels near Calvert Ad
- The White Hart Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 6 miles9.7 km
- The Chesterton Hotel 4 8 miles12.9 km
- The Pointer 5 6.8 miles11 km
- Villiers Hotel 4 6 miles9.6 km
- The Bell Hotel 2 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Littlebury Hotel 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Holiday Inn Express Bicester 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Horwood House Hotel 4 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Bicester Hotel Golf and Spa 4 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Kings Arms Hotel 6.4 miles10.2 km
Local points of interest
- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Museum 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Waddesdon Manor Museum 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Stowe Park Estate 7.2 miles11.5 km
- Otley Abbey Historic site 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Biddlesden Abbey Historic site 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Stowe Corner, Silverstone Recreation 10.4 miles16.7 km
- Ann's Wood Forest 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Vale corner, Silverstone Recreation 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Hanger straight, Silverstone Recreation 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Club Corner, Silverstone Recreation 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Lovel Wood Forest 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Chapel curve, Silverstone Recreation 10.8 miles17.4 km