Quainton
Quainton is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, 7 miles north-west of Aylesbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 1,295.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 913 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England
- Also known as: “Quainton Malet” and “Quainton, Buckinghamshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Quainton Windmill and Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross.
Quainton Windmill
Photo: Cameraman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quainton Windmill is a historic windmill in the village of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. The 70 ft six-storey brick tower mill, built 1830–32, is one of the most visible buildings in the village.
Quainton Road railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ravenseft, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Quainton Road railway station was opened in 1868 in under-developed countryside near Quainton, in the English county of Buckinghamshire, 44 miles from London.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waddesdon and Oving.
Waddesdon
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waddesdon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, 6 miles west-north-west of Aylesbury on the A41 road. The village also includes the hamlets of Eythrope and Wormstone. Waddesdon is situated 2 miles south of Quainton.
Oving
Village
Photo: Virginia Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oving is a village and also a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about three and a half miles north east of Waddesdon, four miles south of Winslow. Oving is situated 2½ miles east of Quainton.
Westcott
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westcott is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England, about 1 mile west of Waddesdon. The toponym is derived from the Old English for "west cottage". Westcott is situated 2½ miles southwest of Quainton.
Quainton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Quainton, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.87485° or 51° 52′ 29″ northLongitude
-0.91682° or 0° 55′ 1″ westPopulation
913Elevation
325 feet (99 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB QTNOpen location code
9C3XV3FM+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 114979205OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Quainton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كواينتون”
- Arabic: “کواينتون”
- Basque: “Quainton”
- Cebuano: “Quainton”
- Chinese: “Quainton”
- Dutch: “Quainton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “کواينتون”
- French: “Quainton”
- Hebrew: “קוויינטון”
- Irish: “Quainton”
- Italian: “Quainton”
- Ladin: “Quainton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Quainton”
- Persian: “کوئنتون”
- Polish: “Quainton”
- Spanish: “Quainton”
- Swedish: “Quainton”
- Turkish: “Quainton”
- Welsh: “Quainton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quainton Church of England School and Quainton Memorial Hall.
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