A small town at 51 degrees N, 1 degree W if we're talking latitudes
and longitudes, the arse end of nowhere if we're talking Good
Locations to Be. Population several thousand (probably around
10 thousand but don't quote me on that) yet it still has no
rail station, no cinema, and 4 buses a day.
Note: the bus timetable is such that you can get *to*
somewhere, but not back in the same day... most of Bucks is run
like this.
It's prime features include:
- the River Ouse (pronounced ooze),
complete with shopping trolleys and mysterious rainbow-coloured
water thanks to the
- Paint Factory (which has thankfully just
closed down, leaving hundreds redundant)
- Old Gaol, a castley-looking thing with a
small museum where you can buy Buckingham postcards (surprising
how many)
- Swan Pool, a leisure centre built on
land sold to the county by a school (also property of the
county, work that one out)
- Riverside Walk (see aforementioned river)
That's about it. I am allowed to revel in the wonders of
Buckingham, because sadly I live here.
Historically, the town goes waaaaaaay back, to it's origins as
the county town of Buckinghamshire, when the Duke of
Buckingham and Duke of Villiers thought it was a good place
to live. I'll leave it to someone else to fill in the gaps in my
historical knowledge lest I massacre a write-up.
places nearby : Stowe School, Silverstone
Circuit.
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