Grendon Underwood
Ward in Buckinghamshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.868, -1.018 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 67 19 |
| Dialling code: | 01869 (Bicester) |
Grendon Underwood is a compact village and electoral ward in rural Buckinghamshire, positioned between Aylesbury and Bicester. It still feels like a traditional English village with a green, a historic parish church and a small cluster of local shops and pubs, while many residents commute to larger towns for work.
The locality is notable for the nearby therapeutic prison, HMP Grendon, and the traces of a former wartime airfield, RAF Grendon Underwood; both have left a visible imprint on the landscape and local economy. Beyond these landmarks the ward is surrounded by agricultural countryside and an active village community that preserves several long‑standing social and cultural traditions.
Postcode districts covering Grendon Underwood
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 16.3 miles
- Luton 24.8 miles
- Oxford 12.6 miles
- High Wycombe 20.1 miles
- Hemel Hempstead 24.6 miles
- Aylesbury 9.5 miles
- Dunstable 21.2 miles
- Bletchley 14.6 miles
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 15.2 miles
- Banbury 19.2 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 17.5 miles
- Leighton Buzzard 15.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Grendon Underwood Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Kingswood Parish 0.9 miles
- Ludgershall Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Edgcott Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Woodham Parish 1.7 miles
- Wotton Underwood Parish 1.8 miles
- Westcott Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Piddington Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Calvert Green Parish 3 miles
- Marsh Gibbon Built-up area 3 miles
- Calvert Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Dorton Built-up area 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in Grendon Underwood
MK18 2QR, MK18 4EA, HP18 0XL, OX27 0AN, HP18 9TW, MK18 2FN, HP18 9NQ, OX27 0EY, HP18 9RS … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 27.7 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 36.5 miles
- Bicester Town Railway Station 5.8 miles
- Bicester North Railway Station 6.2 miles
Hotels in Grendon Underwood Ad
Schools in Grendon Underwood
- Ashfold School Independent - all ages
- Brill C of E School Primary
- East Claydon C of E School Primary
- Grendon Underwood School Primary
- Marsh Gibbon C of E Primary School Primary
- Oakley C of E Combined School Primary
- Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School Primary
- Twyford C of E School Primary
Local points of interest
- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Museum 3.8 miles
- Waddesdon Manor Museum 3.9 miles
- Otley Abbey Historic site 8.5 miles
- Thame Abbey Historic site 9.9 miles
- Stowe Park Estate 10.3 miles
- Ann's Wood Forest 12.2 miles
- Magdalen College College 12.6 miles
- Pitt Rivers Museum Museum 12.6 miles
- Oxford Botanical Garden Gardens 12.7 miles
- University of Oxford University 12.7 miles
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Library 12.8 miles
- Saint Bernard's College, Oxford Historic site 12.8 miles