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Burnham Beeches (Robin Hood, Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow)
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23 km · about 25 min drive
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Princes Risborough
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough works well as a base: 10 minutes from Chinnor, 24km from ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.
Princes Risborough is in England, United Kingdom, with about 8,200 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Chinnor, about 6 km away.
Princes Risborough ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England; it is located about 8 miles (13 km) south of Aylesbury, 9 miles (14 km) northwest of High Wycombe, and 7 miles (11 km) south of Thame. It lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, at the north end of a gap or pass through theRead more
Chilterns; the south end of which is at West Wycombe. The A4010 road follows this route from West Wycombe through the town and then on to Aylesbury.
Historically, it was both a manor and an ecclesiastical parish, of the same extent as the manor, which comprised the present ecclesiastical parish of Princes Risborough (excluding Ilmer) and also the present ecclesiastical parish of Lacey Green, which became a separate parish in the 19th century. It was long and narrow (a "strip parish"), taking in land below the Chiltern scarp, the slope of the scarp itself and also land above the scarp extending into the Chiltern hills. The manor and the parish extended from Longwick in the north through Alscot, the town of Princes Risborough, Loosley Row and Lacey Green to Speen and Walters Ash in the south.
Since 1934, the civil parish of Princes Risborough (formerly the same as the ecclesiastical parish) has included the town of Princes Risborough, the village of Monks Risborough (but not the outlying parts) and part of Horsenden but has excluded Longwick. It is within the Wycombe district of Buckinghamshire and operates as a town council within Wycombe district.
The town is overlooked by the Whiteleaf Cross, a chalk cross carved into the hillside that's just northeast of the town. Though the cross itself lies just above the village with the same name, the landmark is located within the area of Monks Risborough.
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What is there to see near Princes Risborough?
Within an hour or so of Princes Risborough: Burnham Beeches (Robin Hood, Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow) (23 km), ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (24 km), Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire (Goldfinger golf match) (27 km), Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary) (29 km).
Are there any good drives near Princes Risborough?
The nearest famous roads are Crystal Palace Circuit, Goodwood Festival of Speed and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Where is Princes Risborough?
Princes Risborough is in England, United Kingdom, about 6 km from Chinnor.
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- Population
- 8,231
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.7255, -0.8314
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Princes Risborough
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
The UK's largest zoo set across 600 acres of Bedfordshire parkland with drive-through animal enclosures.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire (Goldfinger golf match)
The Palladian clubhouse and course hosted the celebrated golf match between Bond and Goldfinger, and reappeared in Tomorrow Never Dies.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Bodleian Library Divinity School (Hogwarts infirmary)
Oxford's 15th-century Divinity School was the Hogwarts hospital wing, and Duke Humfrey's Library above it the Hogwarts library.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Christ Church Oxford (Great Hall inspiration and staircase)
The college's hall inspired the Hogwarts Great Hall set, and its 16th-century fan-vaulted Bodley staircase appears as the entry where McGonagall greets first-years.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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New College Cloister, Oxford (Moody's ferret scene)
The cloister and its ancient holm oak are where Mad-Eye Moody transfigures Draco Malfoy into a ferret in Goblet of Fire.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - Making of Harry Potter
The Leavesden studios where all eight films were shot; the tour preserves the original Great Hall, Diagon Alley and Hogwarts Express sets.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Bicester Heritage
A former RAF bomber station transformed into the UK's hub for historic motoring excellence with specialist workshops and regular Scramble events.
30 km · about 35 min drive
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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