Fleet Marston
Parish in Buckinghamshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.837, -0.872 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 77 15 |
| Dialling code: | 01296 (Aylesbury) |
Fleet Marston is a tiny, largely rural parish in Buckinghamshire, a couple of miles north of Aylesbury. Its low-lying fields and scattered farmsteads reflect the name - "Fleet" suggesting a small creek - and today it functions more as agricultural countryside than a nucleated village, sitting quietly on the edge of the town's hinterland.
The parish punches above its weight historically: archaeological work has revealed multi-period activity from the Bronze Age and Roman periods through to Anglo-Saxon burials, alongside earthworks and traces of a medieval settlement. Socially and economically it remains quiet and agrarian, valued for its historic landscape and country walks rather than as a commercial centre.
Postcode districts covering Fleet Marston
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Luton 18.9 miles30.4 km
- Slough 24.9 miles40 km
- Oxford 17.1 miles27.5 km
- High Wycombe 15.3 miles24.6 km
- Watford 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Hemel Hempstead 18 miles29 km
- St. Albans 24.3 miles39 km
- Aylesbury 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Maidenhead 22.9 miles36.9 km
- Dunstable 15.3 miles24.6 km
- Bletchley 12 miles19.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Berryfields Parish 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Aylesbury North West Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Coldharbour Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Buckingham Park Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Stone and Waddesdon Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Waddesdon Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Stone Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Aylesbury West Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Hardwick Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Weedon Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Upper Winchendon Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Pitchcott Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
Example postcodes in Fleet Marston
Transport links
- Luton Airport 21.6 miles34.8 km
- London Heathrow Airport 30.9 miles49.7 km
- Aylesbury Vale Parkway Railway Station 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Aylesbury Railway Station 2.9 miles4.7 km
Hotels near Fleet Marston Ad
- Hartwell House & Spa 4 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Holiday Inn Aylesbury 4 4.8 miles7.6 km
- The Bell Hotel Aylesbury 4 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Bel & the Dragon at Red Lion Wendover 4 7.5 miles12.1 km
- The Five Bells by Innkeeper's Collection 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Bell by Innkeeper's Collection 4 6.9 miles11.1 km
- The Pointer 5 7.7 miles12.5 km
- The Bell Hotel 2 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Horwood House Hotel 4 8.5 miles13.7 km
- The Inn at Emmington 8.9 miles14.3 km
Local points of interest
- Waddesdon Manor Museum 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Museum 3.1 miles5 km
- Chequers court Country house 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Dancersend Nature Reserve Nature reserve 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Thame Abbey Historic site 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Ann's Wood Forest 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Pendley Manor Estate 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Chiltern Hills Hill 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Howe Park Wood Forest 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Bradenham Manor Historic site 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Shenley Wood Forest 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Stadium MK Stadium 13.3 miles21.4 km