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Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire, England, approximately 10 miles from the border with Northamptonshire. Buckingham is also a civil parish designated as a town council.
Historically, Buckingham was the county town of Buckinghamshire, it was declared county town in the year 888 by Alfred the Great. (Aylesbury took over this role in the 16th century).
Buckingham has a variety of restaurants and pubs, typical of a small market town. It has a small number of local shops, both national and independent. Market days are Tuesday and Saturday, with a Farmers' Market held on the first Tuesday of each month. Buckingham is twinned with Mouvaux, France.
The town is centred on the historic market place and contains many 18th century buildings. There are three main roads crossing Buckingham, namely the A413, the A421 (the southern bypass) and the A422. Capability Brown's historic formal garden design at Stowe (on the A422 westbound) is an important attraction in the care of the National Trust.
There is a medieval well on the south side of the dismantled railway which borders the town. The well, which is now dry for much of the year, was positioned to exploit the spring line below the crest of a north facing slope overlooking the town. Suburbs of Buckingham include Mount Pleasant, Page Hill, Bourton, Castle Fields, Maids Moreton (a village which has become contiguous with the Buckingham urban area). Nearby towns include Aylesbury, Winslow, Bicester, Brackley, Milton Keynes, and Towcester.
The town is centred on the historic market place and contains many 18th century buildings. There are three main roads crossing Buckingham, namely the A413, the A421 (the southern bypass) and the A422. Capability Brown's historic formal garden design at Stowe (on the A422 westbound) is an important attraction in the care of the National Trust.
The University of Buckingham is the a private university in the town. A university's foundation stone was laid by Margaret Thatcher. The main campus of the university is located in the middle of the town of Buckingham, on a bend of the River Great Ouse. The River Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. It is 150 miles long which makes it the major navigation in East Anglia. The lower reaches of the Great Ouse are also known as Old West River and the Ely Ouse. The name Ouse is from the Celtic or pre-Celtic Udso-s, and probably means simply water.
Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury and the largest town in ceremonial Buckinghamshire is Milton Keynes.
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