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Downley

Downley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, which was included in Wycombe district before its abolition.

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The place

Downley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, which was included in Wycombe district before its abolition. It is high in the Chiltern Hills, overlooking the town of High Wycombe, although today it is almost indistinguishable from the urban spread of the latter town.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Downley

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Adams Park

    Adams Park is a football stadium in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and the home of Wycombe Wanderers F.C.. Opened in 1990 to replace the club’s former Loakes Park ground, it has a capacity of 10,446 and has also hosted professional rugby union and women’s football.

    2.6 km · football stadium in England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Buckinghamshire New University

    Bucks New University, is a public university in Buckinghamshire, England, with campuses in High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Uxbridge and Great Missenden. The institution dates from 1891, when it was founded as the School of Science and Art, and has since been known as Wycombe Technical Institute, High Wycombe College of Technology and Art and the Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education.

    2.9 km · multi-campus public university in the UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    West Wycombe Park House

    West Wycombe Park is a country house built between 1740 and 1800 near the village of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It was conceived as a pleasure palace for the 18th-century libertine and dilettante Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet.

    2.1 km · country house in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Hughenden Manor

    Hughenden Manor, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, England, is a Victorian mansion, with earlier origins, that served as the country house of the Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield. It is now owned by the National Trust and open to the public.

    1.3 km · Grade I listed country house in Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Michael and All Angels Church, Hughenden

    St Michael and All Angels' Church is a Grade: II* listed Anglican church in the Hughenden Valley, Buckinghamshire, England, near to High Wycombe. It is closely associated with the nearby Hughenden Manor and the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli who is buried in the churchyard.

    1.7 km · church in Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Disraeli Monument

    The Disraeli Monument is a Grade II* listed memorial erected in 1862 to the British writer and scholar Isaac D'Israeli, designed by the architect Edward Buckton Lamb. It is located on Tinker's Hill in the Hughenden Valley near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.

    1 km · monument in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Lawrence's Church, West Wycombe

    St Lawrence Church is a Church of England church in the parish of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It sits on top of West Wycombe Hill in a prominent position overlooking the West Wycombe Road, and surrounding villages.

    2.1 km · church in West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Wycombe Museum

    Wycombe Museum is a free local museum located in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is run by Wycombe Heritage and Arts Trust, as of 1 December 2016.

    2.8 km · museum in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Wycombe Swan

    Wycombe Swan is a theatre in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. The theatre was opened in November 1992 by Wycombe District Council and is now operated by Trafalgar Entertainment.

    2.9 km · theatre in High Wycombe, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Eden, High Wycombe

    The Eden Shopping Centre, commonly known as Eden, is a shopping and entertainment complex in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in the south east of England. With a floor area of 850,000 square feet, it is the 37th largest shopping centre in the United Kingdom and the largest in the surrounding area.

    2.6 km · shopping mall in Buckinghamshire, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Downley

Airports
London Heathrow (LHR), 30 km · London Luton (LTN), 38 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 69 km
Stations
High Wycombe railway station, 3 km · High Wycombe Eden bus station, 2.4 km
  • London → Downley
    47 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £5–6
  • London, Essex → Downley
    47 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £5–6
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Downley
    121 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £14–18
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Downley

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 Downley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    113 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    275 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    430 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    523 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    559 km

If you know how people move in Downley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Downley

Downley is 25 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • West Wycombevillage and civil parish in Buckinghamshire. United Kingdom1.8 km
  • Bradenhamvillage and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, UK2.9 km
  • Hughenden Valleyvillage in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom2 km
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