# Aylesbury Vale

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Geographic region in Buckinghamshire, England

Place in England

Aylesbury Vale Part of Aylesbury Vale taken from the top of Coombe Hill, looking towards Aylesbury Aylesbury Vale shown within Buckinghamshire Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region South East England Ceremonial county Buckinghamshire Area • Total 348.55 sq mi (902.75 km2) Population (mid-2018) • Total 199,448 • Density 572.22/sq mi (220.93/km2) • Ethnicity 92.3% White 3.7% S.Asian 1.5% Black 1.5% Mixed 1.0% Chinese or Other Time zone UTC0 (GMT) • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST) ONS code 11UB (ONS) E07000004 (GSS) OS grid reference SP818138 Website www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk

The **Aylesbury Vale** (or **Vale of Aylesbury**) is a geographical region in [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire), England, covering the predominantly rural area between [Milton Keynes](/source/Milton_Keynes) and [the Chilterns](/source/Chiltern_Hills). It is named after its main town, Aylesbury, the [county town](/source/County_town) of Buckinghamshire. Other key settlements in the region include [Winslow](/source/Winslow%2C_Buckinghamshire) and [Buckingham](/source/Buckingham).

The bed of the vale is largely made up of clay that was formed at the end of the [last ice age](/source/Last_ice_age).

Before 2020, there was a [local government district](/source/Districts_of_England) known as Aylesbury Vale. It was succeeded by the [unitary district of Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_(district)) during [local government restructuring in 2020](/source/2019%E2%80%932023_structural_changes_to_local_government_in_England).

In the [2020 census](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_United_Kingdom_census&action=edit&redlink=1), the population of Aylesbury Vale was 205,426.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] In the [2001 census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census), the population of Aylesbury Vale was 165,748, representing an increase since 1991 of 18,600 people.[1] About half of those live in Aylesbury.

## Government

See also: [Aylesbury Vale District Council](/source/Aylesbury_Vale_District_Council)

See also: [Aylesbury Vale District Council elections](/source/Aylesbury_Vale_District_Council_elections)

Aylesbury Vale was administered as a [local government district](/source/Non-metropolitan_district) of northern Buckinghamshire, with its own district council between 1974 and 2020. The council's offices were in Aylesbury. The district council's logo included the historical figure of [John Hampden](/source/John_Hampden).[2] The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of [Aylesbury](/source/Municipal_Borough_of_Aylesbury) and [Buckingham](/source/Municipal_Borough_of_Buckingham), [Aylesbury Rural District](/source/Aylesbury_Rural_District), [Buckingham Rural District](/source/Buckingham_Rural_District), [Wing Rural District](/source/Wing_Rural_District) and part of [Winslow Rural District](/source/Winslow_Rural_District). Aylesbury Vale was absorbed into the new unitary [Buckinghamshire Council](/source/Buckinghamshire_Council) on 1 April 2020.

There are 111 civil parishes in the area of the former non-metropolitan district: 84 with a parish council, including three town councils ([Aylesbury](/source/Aylesbury), [Buckingham](/source/Buckingham) and [Winslow](/source/Winslow%2C_Buckinghamshire)), and a further 27 operating with a Parish meeting, see [list of civil parishes in Aylesbury Vale](/source/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Buckinghamshire).

## Literature

The Aylesbury Vale countryside is described in the English novel [The War Hero](/source/The_War_Hero).[3]

## Tourism

The Vale has a number of historic buildings and landscapes which are tourist attractions. The [National Trust](/source/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty) owns several properties including [Waddesdon Manor](/source/Waddesdon_Manor), [Claydon House](/source/Claydon_House) and the landscaped gardens at [Stowe House](/source/Stowe_House). The [Silverstone Circuit](/source/Silverstone_Circuit) sits on the northern boundary of the Vale with [South Northamptonshire](/source/South_Northamptonshire), and the [Buckinghamshire Railway Centre](/source/Buckinghamshire_Railway_Centre) is located near [Quainton](/source/Quainton). Aylesbury is home to the [County Museum](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Museum) (which includes the [Roald Dahl Children's Gallery](/source/Roald_Dahl_Children's_Gallery)), and Buckingham features the [Old Gaol Museum](/source/Buckingham_Old_Gaol).

## Transport

There are no motorway junctions in the Vale although the [M40](/source/M40_motorway) does cross it for five miles between junctions 8A and 9. The [A41 road](/source/A41_road), the [A413 road](/source/A413_road) and the [A418 road](/source/A418_road) meet at Aylesbury. The [A421 road](/source/A421_road) passes through the north of the Vale providing connections to [Milton Keynes](/source/Milton_Keynes), [Bedford](/source/Bedford) and the M1 to the east, and the M40, [Oxford](/source/Oxford) and [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) to the west.

The Vale is served by rail connections to the capital, containing several railway stations on the [London to Aylesbury Line](/source/London_to_Aylesbury_Line) – the major station being [Aylesbury](/source/Aylesbury_railway_station). At Aylesbury there are connecting services to [Princes Risborough](/source/Princes_Risborough_railway_station). In addition, the [Chiltern Main Line](/source/Chiltern_Main_Line) passes through the district, stopping at [Haddenham & Thame Parkway](/source/Haddenham_%26_Thame_Parkway_railway_station). The [West Coast Main Line](/source/West_Coast_Main_Line) passes through the Vale twice along its eastern borders, with national intercity services stopping at nearby [Milton Keynes Central](/source/Milton_Keynes_Central_railway_station) which, with [Bletchley](/source/Bletchley_railway_station), is also served by regional services.

As of 2023, construction work is underway on two further rail lines across the Vale, [High Speed 2](/source/High_Speed_2) (HS2) and [East West Rail](/source/East_West_Rail) (EWR). The HS2 route runs north-west, largely following the former [Great Central Main Line](/source/Great_Central_Main_Line) route, but without providing any services to any towns in the county. EWR runs across the Vale, with trains between [Oxford](/source/Oxford_railway_station) and Milton Keynes Central, calling at [Winslow](/source/Winslow_railway_station) and [Bletchley](/source/Bletchley_railway_station), due to commence in early 2025.[4] Buckinghamshire Council has established a cycleway between Buckingham and Winslow to maximise use of the new station.[5]

There are also proposals for a branch line from East West Rail, to run from [Claydon LNE Junction](/source/Claydon_LNE_Junction) via [Aylesbury Vale Parkway](/source/Aylesbury_Vale_Parkway_railway_station) to Aylesbury, which were discussed in Parliament in 2021.[6] This proposal remains "under review" and is not in any current plans. (The route of HS2 uses the same corridor and, as of August 2023[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aylesbury_Vale&action=edit), the Claydon line is needed to move materials for its engineering works.)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [UK Census 2001](http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/11ub.asp)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Aylesbury Vale District Council website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140211011946/http://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/). Archived from [the original](http://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/) on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2003.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bucks_Herald_3-0)** Neil Shefferd (29 May 2019). ["Aylesbury Vale setting for author's debut novel"](https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/people/aylesbury-vale-setting-for-author-s-debut-novel-1-8944213). *[Bucks Herald](/source/Bucks_Herald)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Doyle, Dave; Ovens, Ruth (4 June 2021). ["Return to rail for historic Buckinghamshire village station"](https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/news/buckinghamshire-news/east-west-rail-see-trains-5486874). *buckinghamshirelive*. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Shefford, Neil (2 July 2019). ["Extended Buckingham and Winslow cycleway officially opens"](https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/people/extended-buckingham-and-winslow-cycleway-officially-opens-827297). *Bucks Herald*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["East West Rail: Aylesbury Spur - Monday 24 May 2021"](https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-05-24/debates/09A8F0C6-86A6-43EF-92CA-625063B5B32A/EastWestRailAylesburySpur). *hansard.parliament.uk*. House of Commons. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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v t e Aylesbury Vale (former district) Buckinghamshire Unitary Council elections County Council elections District Council elections Aylesbury Constituency Mid Buckinghamshire Constituency Buckingham and Bletchley Constituency Towns (component areas and hamlets) Aylesbury Bedgrove Broughton California Elm Farm Elmhurst Haydon Hill New Zealand Prebendal Farm Quarrendon Queens Park Southcourt Turnfurlong Walton Walton Court Buckingham Bourton Buffler's Holt Castle Fields Mount Pleasant Page Hill Wendover Cobblers Hill Dean Kings Ash Little London Lower Bacombe Smalldean The Hale Upper Bacombe Wendover Dean World's End Winslow Shipton Shipton Brook Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets) Addington Adstock Akeley Akeley Stockholt Ashendon Ashendon Lower Pollicott Upper Pollicott Aston Clinton Aston Clinton Chivery Vaches Aston Abbotts Burston Aston Sandford Barton Hartshorn Beachampton Berryfields Biddlesden Bierton Burcott Boarstall Boarstall Honeyburge Brill Brill Little London Broughton Hamlet Buckingham Park Buckland Buckland Buckland Wharf Calvert Green Calvert Charndon Chearsley Cheddington Cheddington Cooks Wharf Chetwode Chilton Chilton Easington Coldharbour Fairford Leys Creslow Cublington Cuddington Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Aston Mullins Dinton Ford Gibraltar Upton Waldridge Westlington Dorton Drayton Beauchamp Drayton Parslow Dunton East Claydon Botolph Claydon East Claydon Edgcott Edlesborough Dagnall Northall Ringshall Fleet Marston Foscott Gawcott with Lenborough Gawcott Lenborough Granborough Granborough Green End Great Brickhill Great Horwood Great Horwood Singleborough Grendon Underwood Haddenham Haddenham Halton Hardwick Hillesden Hoggeston Hogshaw Fulbrook Hulcott Ickford Ivinghoe Greatgap Horton Ivinghoe Ivinghoe Aston Ringshall Kingsbrook Kingsey Kingswood Kingswood Tetchwick Leckhampstead Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey Lillingstone Dayrell Luffield Abbey Lillingstone Lovell Little Horwood Long Crendon Ludgershall Maids Moreton Marsh Gibbon Marsh Gibbon Little Marsh Summerstown Marsworth Marsworth Startop's End Mentmore Crafton Ledburn Mentmore Middle Claydon Middle Claydon Verney Junction Mursley Nash Nether Winchendon Newton Longville North Marston Oakley Addingrove Little London Oakley Oving Padbury Pitchcott Pitstone Barley End Pitstone Pitstone Green Pitstone Hill Poundon Preston Bissett Quainton Quainton Shipton Lee Quarrendon Radclive-cum-Chackmore Radclive Chackmore Shabbington Shalstone Slapton Grove Horton Wharf Slapton Soulbury Bragenham Chelmscote Hollingdon Soulbury Stockgrove Steeple Claydon Stewkley North End Stewkley South End Stewkley Dean Stoke Hammond Stoke Mandeville Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell Bishopstone Hartwell Lower Hartwell Sedrup Stone Stowe Boycott Dadford Lamport Stowe Swanbourne Nearton End Swanbourne Thornborough Thornton Tingewick Turweston Twyford Upper Winchendon Waddesdon Eythrope Waddesdon Wormstone Water Stratford Watermead Weedon East End Weedon Weedon Hill Westbury Westcott Weston Turville Bye Green Weston Turville Whaddon Whitchurch Wing Ascott Burcott Littleworth Wing Wingrave Nup End Rowsham Wingrave Woodham Worminghall Wotton Underwood Former districts and boroughs Municipal Borough of Aylesbury Municipal Borough of Buckingham Buckingham Rural District Long Crendon Rural District Wing Rural District Former constituencies Buckingham Constituency Buckinghamshire County Constituency Wendover Constituency List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

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