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Buckinghamshire rankings · Walkability

Most walkable towns in Buckinghamshire

Amersham ranks first on walkability among Buckinghamshire’s 39 towns of 2,500+; 11 of the 39 grade A− or better against UK towns.

The Walkability Grade: the share of commuters who walked, cycled or took public transport to work at the 2021 Census (taken in lockdown). The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each letter. How grades work

#1

Amersham

17,377 people
A

Better than 91% of UK towns·#302 of 2,515 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#2

Wendover

8,729 people
A

Better than 90% of UK towns·#338 of 2,515 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#3
A

Better than 89% of UK towns·#371 of 2,515 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

All 39 towns, ranked

Walkability grade, best first; ranks are the county ranks on each town’s page (T = tied). Military garrison towns and university campuses keep their grades but aren’t ranked. Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.

Every town in Buckinghamshire →

39 towns.

#TownGrade · UK rankCompared with UK towns
1Amersham17,377 peopleA#302 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 91% of UK towns
2Wendover8,729 peopleA#338 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 90% of UK towns
3Walter's Ash and Naphill3,893 peopleA#371 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 89% of UK towns
4Little Chalfont6,506 peopleA#395 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 88% of UK towns
5Beaconsfield14,142 peopleA#498 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 85% of UK towns
6Chesham23,691 peopleA−#539 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 84% of UK towns
7Marlow14,641 peopleA−#595 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 82% of UK towns
8High Wycombe83,541 peopleA−#604 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 82% of UK towns
9Aylesbury87,966 peopleA−#702 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 79% of UK towns
10Princes Risborough7,528 peopleA−#792 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 76% of UK towns
11Gerrards Cross8,117 peopleA−#798 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 76% of UK towns
12Milton Keynes197,328 peopleB+#869 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 74% of UK towns
13Bletchley45,018 peopleB+#942 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 72% of UK towns
T14Buckingham14,296 peopleB+#945 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 72% of UK towns
T14Olney6,600 peopleB+#945 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 72% of UK towns
16Woburn Sands4,315 peopleB+#1,038 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 69% of UK towns
17Haddenham5,603 peopleB+#1,138 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 66% of UK towns
18Chalfont St Peter13,654 peopleB#1,226 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 63% of UK towns
19Newport Pagnell15,250 peopleB#1,390 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 58% of UK towns
20Seer Green2,582 peopleB#1,394 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 58% of UK towns
21Iver3,267 peopleB−#1,559 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 52% of UK towns
22Chalfont St Giles4,707 peopleB−#1,574 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 51% of UK towns
23Winslow5,238 peopleB−#1,588 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 51% of UK towns
24Bourne End7,166 peopleB−#1,627 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 50% of UK towns
25Downley2,655 peopleB−#1,686 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 47% of UK towns
26Prestwood and Great Missenden7,600 peopleB−#1,732 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 46% of UK towns
27Wing2,979 peopleC+#1,867 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 40% of UK towns
28Farnham Common and Farnham Royal6,711 peopleC+#1,884 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 40% of UK towns
29Iver Heath5,150 peopleC+#1,973 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 36% of UK towns
30Pitstone4,109 peopleC#2,006 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 35% of UK towns
31Hazlemere20,006 peopleC#2,036 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 33% of UK towns
32Stoke Poges3,920 peopleC#2,040 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 33% of UK towns
33Marlow Bottom3,339 peopleC#2,055 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 33% of UK towns
34Stoke Mandeville2,855 peopleC#2,128 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 29% of UK towns
35Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green12,438 peopleC−#2,215 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 24% of UK towns
36Lane End3,446 peopleC−#2,277 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 21% of UK towns
37Stokenchurch4,351 peopleC−#2,298 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 19% of UK towns
38Aston Clinton5,511 peopleC−#2,336 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 16% of UK towns
39Steeple Claydon2,530 peopleD−#2,498 of 2,515 nationallybetter than 3% of UK towns
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Questions people ask

What is the most walkable town in Buckinghamshire?

Amersham ranks first on walkability among 39 towns, with an A: better than 91% of UK towns. Wendover and Walter's Ash and Naphill follow.

How are these towns ranked?

The Walkability Grade: the share of commuters who walked, cycled or took public transport to work at the 2021 Census (taken in lockdown). The letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

Garrison towns and university campuses aren’t ranked, and towns without the figures this grade needs are counted above. The list covers Buckinghamshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Buckinghamshire is on the county page.

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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 BottomBest small towns26 towns · #1 Marlow BottomMost affordable towns39 towns · #1 AylesburySafest towns39 towns · #1 Marlow BottomTowns with the best schools39 towns · #1 Little ChalfontHealthiest towns39 towns · #1 Marlow BottomBest towns for jobs & income39 towns · #1 Marlow BottomTowns with the lowest flood risk39 towns · #1 Beaconsfield and 18 moreBest towns for the outdoors39 towns · #1 DownleyMost historic towns39 towns · #1 OlneyTowns with the most civic life39 towns · #1 HaddenhamTowns with the highest household incomes39 towns · #1 Little ChalfontDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax39 towns · #1 OlneyDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters39 towns · #1 Iver and Iver HeathDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers39 towns · #1 Iver and Iver HeathDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers39 towns · #1 Princes RisboroughDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts39 towns · #1 Walter's Ash and NaphillDescribed, no lettersDriest towns39 towns · #1 BletchleyDescribed, no lettersWettest towns39 towns · #1 StokenchurchDescribed, no letters
County by county

Most walkable towns, county by county

AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire

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

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