Pitstone
Built-up area in Buckinghamshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.832, -0.64 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 93 15 |
| Population: | 3,674 |
Pitstone is a small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, sitting on the edge of the Chiltern Hills close to Ivinghoe Beacon. It has a distinctly rural feel with chalk downland on Pitstone Hill, a well‑known local windmill - Pitstone Windmill, often described as one of the oldest surviving examples in England - and nearby water and wildlife at Pitstone Reservoir that attract walkers, birdwatchers and watersports enthusiasts.
Historically an agricultural community, Pitstone has gradually become more residential, with many people commuting via nearby Tring and further afield to Aylesbury or London. The village retains a strong sense of community through clubs, the village hall and local events, and its mix of thatched cottages and later housing gives it a varied, lived‑in character rather than a fully modern commuter suburb.
Postcode districts covering Pitstone
Most populated places nearby
- Brent 24.7 miles
- Milton Keynes 14.9 miles
- Luton 9.6 miles
- Slough 21.9 miles
- Harrow 21 miles
- High Wycombe 14.8 miles
- Watford 15.5 miles
- Bedford 22.4 miles
- Stevenage 19.8 miles
- Hemel Hempstead 9 miles
- St. Albans 14.7 miles
- Aylesbury 7.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Ivinghoe Parish 1.2 miles
- Marsworth Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Cheddington Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Tring Central Ward 2 miles
- Tring Rural Parish 2.4 miles
- Tring West and Rural Ward 2.5 miles
- Tring Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Aldbury Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Edlesborough Parish 2.7 miles
- Slapton Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Dagnall Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Drayton Beauchamp Parish 3.5 miles
Example postcodes in Pitstone
LU7 9GP, LU7 9AH, LU7 9DX, LU7 9FF, LU7 9RL, LU7 9ER, LU7 9TF, LU7 9FW, LU7 9EZ … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 11.9 miles
- London Heathrow Airport 26.2 miles
- Cheddington Railway Station 2 miles
- Tring Railway Station 2.3 miles
Hotels near Pitstone Ad
- The Greyhound Inn Aldbury 4 2.6 miles
- Pendley Manor 4 2.3 miles
- The Greyhound Wigginton 3.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Aylesbury 4 5.8 miles
- Premier Inn Tring 3 3.5 miles
- Champneys Tring Hotel 4.4 miles
- Kings Arms Hotel 4 6 miles
- The Penny Farthing Hotel 4 5.7 miles
- Bel and The Dragon at Red Lion Wendover 4 6.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Dunstable 3.5 6.5 miles
Schools in Pitstone
- Brookmead School Primary
Local points of interest
- Pendley Manor Estate 2.3 miles
- Dancersend Nature Reserve Nature reserve 4.7 miles
- Beechwood House Estate 6.8 miles
- Chequers court Country house 8.7 miles
- Toddington library Library 9.3 miles
- Ann's Wood Forest 9.4 miles
- Kenilworth Road Stadium 9.6 miles
- Luton Hoo Estate 10.3 miles
- Woburn Abbey Estate 10.6 miles
- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Museum 12.5 miles
- Putteridge Bury Estate 12.6 miles
- Waddesdon Manor Museum 12.7 miles