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Find your town in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire has 39 towns of 2,500 or more and 101 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.

39graded towns

21grade A− or better

101villages and smaller places

Milton Keyneslargest · 197,328

How Buckinghamshire compares: its report card →

#1 in BuckinghamshireMarlow BottomA⁺

#2 in BuckinghamshireWalter's Ash and NaphillA⁺

#3 in BuckinghamshireSeer GreenA⁺

High Street in Amersham geograph-6618089-by-Steve-Daniels

#4 in BuckinghamshireAmershamA⁺

Buckinghamshire at a glance

What Buckinghamshire is like

The typical Buckinghamshire town grades highest on jobs & income and health against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Buckinghamshire town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town

How Buckinghamshire’s towns grade overall39 graded towns

A21B14C4

21 of 39 (54%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Buckinghamshire list, with what drives each grade Compare two townsSide by side, subject by subject

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39 towns · ordered by Buckinghamshire rank

A⁺

Marlow Bottom

Town · 3,339 people · #21 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthA⁺SafetyLowestCCost of living

A⁺

Walter's Ash and Naphill

Town · 3,893 people · #31 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthA⁺Jobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

A⁺

Seer Green

Town · 2,582 people · #33 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthA⁺Jobs & incomeLowestC⁻Cost of living

A⁺

Amersham

Town · 17,377 people · #71 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsA⁺HealthLowestC⁻Cost of living

A⁺

Chalfont St Giles

Town · 4,707 people · #88 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthA⁺SchoolsLowestC⁻Cost of living

Little Chalfont

Town · 6,506 people · #107 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsA⁺HealthLowestC⁻Cost of living

Beaconsfield

Town · 14,142 people · #156 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsA⁺Jobs & incomeLowestC⁻Cost of living

Wendover

Town · 8,729 people · #180 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthAJobs & incomeLowestC⁻Hazard risk

Gerrards Cross

Town · 8,117 people · #190 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestC⁻Cost of living

Pitstone

Town · 4,109 people · #208 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthASchoolsLowestCWalkability

Wing

Town · 2,979 people · #239 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻HealthLowestC⁺Walkability

Hazlemere

Large town · 20,006 people · #245 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestCCost of living

Buckingham

Town · 14,296 people · #257 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthA⁻SchoolsLowestC⁺Hazard risk

Marlow

Town · 14,641 people · #264 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsAJobs & incomeLowestDHazard risk

Downley

Town · 2,655 people · #305 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAHazard riskLowestC⁺Cost of living

Prestwood and Great Missenden

Town · 7,600 people · #308 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthAJobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

Haddenham

Town · 5,603 people · #310 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthAJobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

A⁻

Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green

Town · 12,438 people · #314 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsAJobs & incomeLowestC⁻Walkability

A⁻

Stoke Poges

Town · 3,920 people · #336 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsAJobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

A⁻

Olney

Town · 6,600 people · #400 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

A⁻

Chalfont St Peter

Town · 13,654 people · #469 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁻HealthLowestC⁻Cost of living

B⁺

Aston Clinton

Town · 5,511 people · #576 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeA⁻HealthLowestC⁻Walkability

B⁺

Farnham Common and Farnham Royal

Town · 6,711 people · #608 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAHazard riskLowestCCost of living

B⁺

Iver Heath

Town · 5,150 people · #615 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsAHazard riskLowestC⁻Cost of living

B⁺

Princes Risborough

Town · 7,528 people · #634 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻HealthA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestC⁺Schools

B⁺

Woburn Sands

Town · 4,315 people · #671 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻HealthLowestC⁻Schools

B⁺

Stoke Mandeville

Town · 2,855 people · #706 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeB⁺HealthLowestCWalkability

Aylesbury

Large town · 87,966 people · #797 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityA⁻SchoolsLowestC⁻Safety

Chesham

Large town · 23,691 people · #805 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityA⁻SchoolsLowestC⁻Hazard risk

Bourne End

Town · 7,166 people · #833 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeAHealthLowestDHazard risk

Newport Pagnell

Town · 15,250 people · #938 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Jobs & incomeBHealthLowestCHazard risk

B⁻

High Wycombe

Large town · 83,541 people · #955 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityB⁺SchoolsLowestDSafety

B⁻

Winslow

Town · 5,238 people · #958 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskB⁺HealthLowestC⁻Schools

B⁻

Stokenchurch

Town · 4,351 people · #979 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskB⁺SafetyLowestC⁻Walkability

B⁻

Iver

Town · 3,267 people · #1,105 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻SchoolsBJobs & incomeLowestDSafety

C⁺

Lane End

Town · 3,446 people · #1,223 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskBSafetyLowestC⁻Walkability

C⁺

Steeple Claydon

Town · 2,530 people · #1,255 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻HealthLowestD⁻Walkability

C⁺

Milton Keynes

City · 197,328 people · #1,325 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityBSchoolsLowestDSafety

C⁻

Bletchley

Large town · 45,018 people · #1,700 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityB⁻Cost of livingLowestDSafety

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Buckinghamshire lists

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

All Buckinghamshire rankings →

Best places to live39 towns · #1 Marlow Bottom Best small towns26 towns · #1 Marlow Bottom Most affordable towns39 towns · #1 Aylesbury Safest towns39 towns · #1 Marlow Bottom Towns with the best schools39 towns · #1 Little Chalfont Healthiest towns39 towns · #1 Marlow Bottom Best towns for jobs & income39 towns · #1 Marlow Bottom Most walkable towns39 towns · #1 Amersham Towns with the lowest flood risk39 towns · #1 Beaconsfield and 18 more Best towns for the outdoors39 towns · #1 Downley Most historic towns39 towns · #1 Olney Towns with the most civic life39 towns · #1 Haddenham Towns with the highest household incomes39 towns · #1 Little ChalfontDescribed, no letters Towns with the lowest council tax39 towns · #1 OlneyDescribed, no letters Towns with the mildest winters39 towns · #1 Iver and Iver HeathDescribed, no letters Towns with the warmest summers39 towns · #1 Iver and Iver HeathDescribed, no letters Towns with the coolest summers39 towns · #1 Princes RisboroughDescribed, no letters Towns with the fewest frosts39 towns · #1 Walter's Ash and NaphillDescribed, no letters Driest towns39 towns · #1 BletchleyDescribed, no letters Wettest towns39 towns · #1 StokenchurchDescribed, no letters

Villages and small towns

101 smaller places in Buckinghamshire

Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.

73 places under 1,000 people

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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