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Great Kingshill

Great Kingshill is a small village in the parish of Hughenden in Buckinghamshire, England.

The place

Great Kingshill is a small village in the parish of Hughenden in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about five miles west of Amersham and two and a half miles south of Great Missenden.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Great Kingshill

9 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
    Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

    The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is a museum in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England. Children's and short story writer Roald Dahl lived in the village in Gipsy House for 36 years until his death in 1990.

    3.7 km · biographical museum in Great Missenden, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    3.1 km · Grade I listed country house in Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    2.8 km · church in Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    3.9 km · monument in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Great Missenden War Memorial

    The Great Missenden War Memorial is located at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. The memorial marks the deaths of local individuals who died fighting in World War I and World War II. It was dedicated on 8 May 1920 by the Bishop of Buckingham, Edward Shaw.

    3.8 km · war memorial in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of Saints Peter and Paul

    The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Church of England parish church situated in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England. The church is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.

    3.8 km · church in Great Missenden, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Elmhurst, Great Missenden

    Elmhurst is a semi-detached house at 5 High Street in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. It is divided into seven apartments.

    4 km · building in Great Missenden, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Holy Trinity Church, Prestwood

    Holy Trinity Church, Prestwood is the Church of England church serving the Buckinghamshire village and parish of Prestwood. The church, its lych gate and the church school, and Church Cottage at 134 Wycombe Road are listed, as well as Prestwood Park House behind the church.

    1.8 km · church building in Prestwood, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Naphill War Memorial

    Naphill War Memorial is located at the junction of Main Road and Downley Road in Naphill, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a grade II listed building with Historic England and commemorates the men of the village who died in the First and Second World Wars.

    3.3 km · war memorial in Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Great Kingshill

Airports
London Heathrow (LHR), 29 km · London Luton (LTN), 34 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 69 km
  • London → Great Kingshill
    45 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £5–6
  • London, Essex → Great Kingshill
    45 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £5–6
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Great Kingshill
    120 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £15–20
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Great Kingshill

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 Great Kingshill. 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

    117 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    279 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    426 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    522 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    558 km

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Around it

Next door to Great Kingshill

Great Kingshill is 29 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.