Beaconsfield | |
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Memorial Green, the Old Town, Beaconsfield |
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Beaconsfield shown within Buckinghamshire | |
Area | 19.66 km2 (7.59 sq mi) |
Population | 12,081 (2011 census) |
• Density | 614/km2 (1,590/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SU9490 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Beaconsfield |
Postcode district | HP9 |
Dialling code | 01494 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
EU Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | |
Beaconsfield (i/ˈbɛkənzfiːld/ BECK-uhnz-feeld) is a market town and civil parish within the South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire centred 23.6 miles (38 km) WNW of London and 17 miles (27 km) SSE of the county's administrative town, Aylesbury. Four towns are within five miles: Slough, Amersham, Gerrards Cross and High Wycombe.
The town is adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has a wide area of Georgian, neo-Georgian and Tudor revival high street architecture, known as the Old Town. It is celebrated for the first model village in the world and, in education, a direction and technical production institute, the National Film and Television School.