![]() Many national companies have head offices or major centres in Milton Keynes. Notable service amenities in the county are Pinewood Film Studios, Dorney rowing lake and part of Silverstone race track on the Northamptonshire border. The Thames forms part of the county's southern boundary. The Chilterns are the source of the River Ouzel, which flows across the lowland Vale of Aylesbury in the north of the county and through Milton Keynes before meeting the River Great Ouse at Newport Pagnell. The Chiltern Hills, an area of outstanding natural beauty, occupy the south of the county and contain its highest point, Haddington Hill (267 m (876 ft)). ![]() The historic county had slightly different borders, and included Slough. The county is divided into two districts, which are governed by the unitary Buckinghamshire Council and Milton Keynes City Council respectively. The north-west is rural and its largest settlement is Buckingham (12,890). Besides Milton Keynes, which is in the north-east, the largest settlements are in the southern half of the county: Aylesbury (94,238), High Wycombe (75,814), Chesham (21,483), Amersham (14,384), Marlow (14,325), and Beaconsfield (12,081). The county has an area of 1,874 km 2 (724 sq mi) and a population of 808,666. ![]() The largest settlement is the city of Milton Keynes (256,385). It borders Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the east, Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, and Oxfordshire to the west. ![]() ![]() The Chiltern Hills, the Rotunda in Stowe Gardens (bottom left), and the Peace Pagoda in Milton Keynes (bottom right)Ĭoordinates: 51★0′N 0★0′W / 51.833°N 0.833°W / 51.833 -0.833īuckinghamshire ( / ˈ b ʌ k ɪ ŋ ə m ʃ ər, - ʃ ɪər/), abbreviated as Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England. ![]()
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