Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway is an English standard gauge heritage railway. Within the built-up area of Chinnor, it is one of the places to visit. It comes under Great Western Railway.
Heritage railway in Chinnor
Inside Chinnor
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway is inside Chinnor’s built-up area. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
Expect highs of 19–22°C in Chinnor from June to September.
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia. Look also at Chequers, 9.9 km away, first of 42 more within 15 km.
- Type
- Heritage railway
- Run by
- Great Western Railway
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Chinnor
- Official site
- chinnorrailway.co.uk
The area around Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
Orange: Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Chinnor’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Princes Risborough, with 7,528 people, is the largest of the 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
- 1Chinnor
- 2Kingston Blount
- 3Sydenham
- 4Aston Rowant
- 5Bledlow Ridge
- 6Stokenchurch
- 7Princes Risborough
- 8The City
Chinnor
Kingston Blount
Sydenham
Aston Rowant
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinnor | It’s in town | 7,268 | 3 |
| Kingston Blount | 1.8 km southwest of it | 535 | 3 |
| Sydenham | 2.7 km northwest of it | 426 | 3 |
| Aston Rowant | 2.8 km southwest of it | 274 | 4 |
| Bledlow Ridge | 3.5 km southeast of it | 804 | 6 |
| Stokenchurch | 3.9 km south of it | 4,351 | 4 |
| Princes Risborough | 3.9 km northeast of it | 7,528 | 7 |
| The City | 4.5 km southeast of it | 524 | 7 |
More near Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
42 more lie within 15 km, 4 historic houses, 2 castles and 2 museums among them.
Historic houseChequers9.9 km away2
Historic house · National TrustWest Wycombe House9.5 km away3
CastleShirburn Castle7.5 km away4
Historic house · National TrustHughenden Manor12 km away5
MuseumThe Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre14 km away6
Museum · National TrustLong Crendon Courthouse10 km away7
Historic houseStonor Park11 km away8
CastleDinton Folly11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
Where is Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway?
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway is in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway?
English standard gauge heritage railway.
Who runs Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway?
Great Western Railway.
When is the best time to visit Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway?
June to September are the warmest months in Chinnor, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway?
Within 15 km: Chequers (9.9 km), West Wycombe House (9.5 km), Shirburn Castle (7.5 km) and Hughenden Manor (12 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway: Charlie Jackson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chequers: Stephen Simpson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- West Wycombe House: Original author was Giano, converted to PNG format by PNG crusade bot at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shirburn Castle: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hughenden Manor: Francis Orpen Morris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre: David Hillas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Long Crendon Courthouse: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stonor Park: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dinton Folly: D Gore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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