Chesham
Chesham is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, about 26 miles (42 km) north-west of central London, and part of the London commuter belt.
Chesham is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, about 26 miles (42 km) north-west of central London, and part of the London commuter belt. It is in the Chess Valley, surrounded by farmland. The earliest records of Chesham as a settlement are from the second half of the 10th century, although there is archaeological evidence of people in this area from around 8000 BC. Henry III granted a royal charter for a weekly market in 1257.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01St Mary's Church
Church St, Chesham HP5 1HY, rector@cheshamchurch.co.uk.
- 02The Elgiva
St Mary's Way, Chesham HP5 1HR, boxoffice@elgiva.com.
- 03Lowndes Park
A major historic feature of Chesham donated to the town in 1953 by the Lowndes family.
From Wikivoyage: Chesham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Chesham Moor Swim and Gym
Mon-Thu 6AM-9PM; Fri 6AM-8PM; Sat Sun 8AM-6PM.
- 02Chesham Library
Elgiva Lane, Chesham HP5 2JD,.
From Wikivoyage: Chesham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Rajasthan Restaurant
115 High St, Chesham, HP5 1DE,.
- 02Chesham Tandoori
48 Broad St, Chesham HP5 3DX, info@cheshamtandoori.co.
- 03The Queens Head Hotel
Church St, Old Chesham HP5 1JD, queenshead.chesham@fullers.co.uk.
- 04Chesham Cottage
20 Church St, Chesham HP5 1HU,.
- 05Peri Peri
20 Market Sq, Chesham HP5 1ES (3 miles N of Amersham),.
From Wikivoyage: Chesham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Chesham
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 25 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 29 km · London Stansted (STN), 61 km
- London → Chesham39 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £4.5–6
- London, Essex → Chesham39 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £4.5–6
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Chesham124 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £14–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Chesham
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chesham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Chesham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Chesham
Chesham is 28 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.