Aylesbury: County Town, Ducks, and the Buckinghamshire Commuter Sprawl
Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, though it has none of the period charm that title might suggest. The town centre was heavily redeveloped in the 1960s and the result is functional rather than attractive. The Friars Square and Hale Leys shopping centres anchor the retail core. The market square, where a market has operated since Saxon times, still trades on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Aylesbury duck, a breed developed in the eighteenth century for the London meat market, gives the town its most recognisable association. The population is approximately 59,000, with the wider Buckinghamshire council area covering over 550,000.
Aylesbury sits at the northern end of the Chilterns, where the hills flatten out into the Vale of Aylesbury. Chiltern Railways runs services to London Marylebone in around an hour. The town has grown rapidly since the 1960s, absorbing surrounding villages into a suburban sprawl that reflects its function as a commuter base. For adult companionship, Aylesbury falls under Thames Valley Police, the same force that covers Reading, Oxford, and Milton Keynes.
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Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire, though it has none of the period charm that title might suggest. The town centre was heavily redeveloped in the 1960s and the result is functional rather than attractive. The Friars Square and Hale Leys shopping centres anchor the retail core. The market square, where a market has operated since Saxon times, still trades on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Aylesbury duck, a breed developed in the eighteenth century for the London meat market, gives the town its most recognisable association. The population is approximately 59,000, with the wider Buckinghamshire council area covering over 550,000.
Aylesbury sits at the northern end of the Chilterns, where the hills flatten out into the Vale of Aylesbury. Chiltern Railways runs services to London Marylebone in around an hour. The town has grown rapidly since the 1960s, absorbing surrounding villages into a suburban sprawl that reflects its function as a commuter base. For adult companionship, Aylesbury falls under Thames Valley Police, the same force that covers Reading, Oxford, and Milton Keynes.
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