Chiltern District

Chiltern District
Non-metropolitan district
Chiltern shown within Buckinghamshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Buckinghamshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Amersham
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Chiltern District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Cheryl Gillan
Area
• Total	75.81 sq mi (196.35 km2)
Area rank	168th (of 326)
Population (2011 est.)
• Total	92,700
• Rank	254th (of 326)
• Density	1,200/sq mi (470/km2)
• Ethnicity	91.4% White 5.5% Asian 0.6% Black 2.2% Mixed Race 0.3% Other (2,011 Census)[1]
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	11UC (ONS) E07000005 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU965985
Website	www.chiltern.gov.uk

Chiltern is one of four local government districts of Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is named after the Chiltern Hills on which the region sits.

The main towns in the district are Amersham and Chesham. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Chesham Urban District and Amersham Rural District (which entirely surrounded it).

Parishes

The parishes that make up Chiltern District are:

• Amersham
• Ashley Green
• Chalfont St. Giles
• Chalfont St Peter
• Chartridge
• Chenies
• Chesham
• Chesham Bois
• Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards
• Coleshill
• Great Missenden
• Latimer
• Little Chalfont
• Little Missenden
• Penn
• Seer Green
• The Lee

See also the list of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

Council affiliation

As of April 2011, it was as follows^[2]

Transport

Along with the Aylesbury Vale district, Chiltern contains no motorways except for a very small section of the M25 in the south-eastern corner. The major roads through the district are the A413 and the A404, the two meeting in Amersham. Railway services are provided by Chiltern Railways and London Underground's Metropolitan line. The Great Central Main Line carried traffic between London and Manchester until 1966, the section to Aylesbury is all that remains, and is now part of the London to Aylesbury Line. The railway stations in the district are; Great Missenden, Amersham, Chalfont and Latimer and Chesham - the furthest tube station out of central London.

Quality of Rural Life

In May 2008, the district was named by the Halifax bank as having the best rural quality of life anywhere in Britain.^[3]

Law and Order

Police stations are situated in Amersham and Chesham. The Magistrates' Court in Amersham was closed in March 2010, and has since been reopened as a Crown Court.

Energy policy

In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas ^[4] showed that housing in Chiltern produced the 4th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 7,421 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.

References

1. ↑ 2011 Census: KS201EW Ethnic group, local authorities in England and Wales, Accessed 28 February 2013
2. ↑ https://isa.chiltern.gov.uk/democracy/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1
3. ↑ HBOS quality of life survey
4. ↑ British Gas news

External links

• List of organisations within the district

v t e Chiltern District Buckinghamshire County Council elections District Council elections Chesham and Amersham Constituency Towns (component areas and hamlets) Amersham Woodrow Chesham Asheridge Vale Botley Chesham Vale Chessmount Codmore Great Hivings Hilltop Loundes Lye Green Newtown Pednormead End Pond Park Townsend Waterside Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets) Ashley Green Ashley Green Whelpley Hill Chenies Chalfont St Giles Bottrells Close Chalfont Grove Chalfont St Giles Jordans Stratton Chase Chalfont St Peter Austenwood Chalfont Common Gravel Hill Layters Green Chartridge Asheridge Bellingdon Chartridge Hundridge Pednor Pednor Bottom Chesham Bois Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Buckland Common Cholesbury Hawridge St Leonards Coleshill Great Missenden Ballinger Ballinger Bottom Ballinger Common Bryant's Bottom Frith-hill Great Missenden Heath End Hotley Bottom Hyde End Little Wood Corner Mobwell Prestwood South Heath Latimer Latimer Ley Hill Orchard Leigh Tyler's Hill Little Chalfont Little Missenden Beamond End Holmer Green Hyde Heath Little Kingshill Little Missenden Mantles Green Mop End Spurlands End Penn Beacon Hill Forty Green Knotty Green Penn Penn Bottom Penn Street Winchmore Hill Seer Green The Lee Lee Clump Lee Common Lee Gate Hunt's Green Potter Row Swan Bottom The Lee Former districts and boroughs Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District Former constituencies Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

v t e Ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Portal Unitary authorities Borough of Milton Keynes Boroughs or districts Aylesbury Vale Chiltern South Bucks Wycombe Major settlements Amersham Aylesbury Beaconsfield Buckingham Chesham High Wycombe Marlow Milton Keynes including Bletchley Fenny Stratford Stony Stratford Wolverton Newport Pagnell Olney Princes Risborough Wendover Winslow Woburn Sands See also: List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire Rivers Chess Colne Frays Gade Great Ouse Jubilee Lyde Misbourne Ouzel Ray Thame Thames Tove Wraysbury Wye Topics Parliamentary constituencies Boundary changes Schools (Bucks) Schools (Milton Keynes) Places Sites of Special Scientific Interest Places of interest Country houses Grade I listed buildings History Lord Lieutenant High Sheriff Monastic houses Museums Railways Transport

v t e Districts of South East England Berkshire Bracknell Forest Reading Slough West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale Chiltern Milton Keynes South Bucks Wycombe East Sussex Brighton and Hove Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart Havant New Forest Portsmouth Rushmoor Southampton Test Valley Winchester Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Kent Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Medway Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells Oxfordshire Cherwell Oxford South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire Surrey Elmbridge Epsom and Ewell Guildford Mole Valley Reigate and Banstead Runnymede Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tandridge Waverley Woking West Sussex Adur Arun Chichester Crawley Horsham Mid Sussex Worthing

Coordinates: 51°39′38″N 0°38′27″W / 51.6606°N 0.6409°W / 51.6606; -0.6409