Chalfont Common

Chalfont Common is a hamlet in the parish of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, approximately one mile to the north east of Chalfont St Peter village centre.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Paul’s and Milton’s Cottage.

St Paul’s

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul’s is a church.

Milton’s Cottage

Museum

Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Milton's Cottage is a timber-framed 16th-century building in the Buckinghamshire village of Chalfont St Giles. It was the former home of writer John Milton, and is open to the public as a writer's house museum.

Chiltern Open Air Museum

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Chiltern Open Air Museum is an independent open-air museum of vernacular buildings and a tourist attraction located near Chalfont St Peter and Chalfont St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chalfont Saint Peter and Chalfont St Giles.

Chalfont Saint Peter

Village

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chalfont St Peter is a large village and civil parish in southeastern Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts which also includes Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont.

Chalfont St Giles

Village

Photo: Timo Newton-Syms, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish in southeast Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts, which also includes Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont.

Maple Cross

Village

Photo: Ray Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire, England, which up until the Second World War consisted of an inn, a blacksmith's shop and a few cottages. Today there are around 800 postwar council houses. Maple Cross is situated 2 miles east of Chalfont Common.

Chalfont Common

Type: Quarter with 3,810 residents
Description: hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Categories: hamlet and locality
Location: Chalfont St. Peter, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.61936° or 51° 37′ 10″ north

Longitude

-0.5511° or 0° 33′ 4″ west

Population

3,810

Elevation

331 feet (101 metres)

Open location code

9C3XJC9X+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2280107563

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

13271739

Wikidata ID

Q5068730

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