Upper Winchendon
Parish in Buckinghamshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.816, -0.926 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 74 13 |
Upper Winchendon is a small, quietly rural parish in Buckinghamshire, perched among rolling farmland close to the county boundary with Oxfordshire and within easy reach of Aylesbury. The settlement has a compact feel of cottages, farm buildings and a modest parish church, and the surrounding landscape remains largely agricultural, giving a sense of countryside continuity rather than modern development.
Historically the area has medieval roots and long associations with local manorial families, with its character shaped by agriculture and small‑scale local enterprise; nearby Nether Winchendon provides a reminder of the historic dispersed settlement pattern. Today it is a quiet community with a limited local economy, a mix of farming and commuters to nearby towns, and the kind of village social life centred on church and occasional community events rather than large commercial amenities.
Postcode districts covering Upper Winchendon
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 16.9 miles27.3 km
- Luton 21.5 miles34.6 km
- Slough 24.8 miles40 km
- Oxford 14.4 miles23.2 km
- High Wycombe 15 miles24.1 km
- Watford 24.7 miles39.7 km
- Hemel Hempstead 19.9 miles32 km
- Aylesbury 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Maidenhead 22.4 miles36 km
- Dunstable 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Bletchley 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 14.9 miles24 km
Neighbouring places
- Stone and Waddesdon Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Nether Winchendon Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Cuddington Built-up area 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Ashendon Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Waddesdon Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Dinton Built-up area 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Chearsley Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Fleet Marston Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Stone Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Westcott Built-up area 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Haddenham Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
Example postcodes in Upper Winchendon
HP18 0EE, HP18 0EJ, HP18 0EH, HP18 0EP, HP18 0EL, HP18 0EG, HP18 0EN, HP18 0EF
Transport links
- Luton Airport 24.2 miles38.9 km
- London Heathrow Airport 31.2 miles50.2 km
- Aylesbury Vale Parkway Railway Station 3 miles4.8 km
- Haddenham and Thame Parkway Railway Station 3.2 miles5.1 km
Hotels near Upper Winchendon Ad
- Hartwell House & Spa 4 3.5 miles5.6 km
- The Pointer 5 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Holiday Inn Aylesbury 4 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Bel & the Dragon at Red Lion Wendover 4 8.7 miles14 km
- The Bell Hotel Aylesbury 4 4.9 miles7.8 km
- The Five Bells by Innkeeper's Collection 4 7.3 miles11.7 km
- The Oxfordshire Golf Hotel and Spa 4 7 miles11.2 km
- The Bell by Innkeeper's Collection 4 8.8 miles14.2 km
- The Inn at Emmington 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The Spread Eagle Hotel 3 5.3 miles8.5 km
Local points of interest
- Waddesdon Manor Museum 1.9 miles3 km
- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Museum 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Thame Abbey Historic site 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Chequers court Country house 8 miles12.8 km
- Dancersend Nature Reserve Nature reserve 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Chiltern Hills Hill 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Ann's Wood Forest 11.3 miles18.3 km
- Bradenham Manor Historic site 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Otley Abbey Historic site 12.4 miles20 km
- Pendley Manor Estate 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Kassam Stadium Stadium 13.9 miles22.3 km
- Adams Park Stadium 13.9 miles22.4 km