Chequers

Chequers or Chequers Court is the country house of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. A 16th-century manor house, it lies near the village of , halfway between the towns of and in , at the foot…
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  • Type: Manor estate
  • Description: country house in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Chequers Court” and “Chequers Estate”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beacon Hill and Coombe Hill.

Peak
Photo: Peter S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peak.

Peak
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is a hill in , located next to the hamlet of , , near the small town of , and overlooking .

Church
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is situated 1 mile northwest of Chequers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butlers Cross and Great Kimble.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet within the parish of , in , England. It is in the south of the parish, at the crossroads between the road from Ellesborough to Little Kimble, and the road from to the Chequers country house.

Village
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Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh is a civil parish in central , England. It is located 5 miles to the south of . The civil parish altogether holds the ancient ecclesiastical villages of , Little Kimble, Kimblewick and Marsh, and an area within called Smokey Row.

Village
is a hamlet in South Buckinghamshire, England, two miles north east of . At the time of the 2011 Census, the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of .

Chequers

Latitude
51.74329° or 51° 44′ 36″ north
Longitude
-0.78216° or 0° 46′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C3XP6V9+84
Open­Street­Map ID
way 130752518
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­manor
Wiki­data ID
Q1070192
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Thai—“Chequers” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Chequers”
  • Catalan: “Chequers”
  • Chinese: “契克斯”
  • Czech: “Chequers”
  • Dutch: “Chequers”
  • Estonian: “Chequers”
  • Finnish: “Chequers”
  • French: “Chequers”
  • French: “manoir de Chequers”
  • German: “Chequers”
  • Hebrew: “צ’קרס”
  • Italian: “Chequers”
  • Japanese: “チェッカーズ (カントリー・ハウス)”
  • Japanese: “チェッカーズ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chequers”
  • Norwegian: “Chequers”
  • Polish: “Chequers”
  • Portuguese: “Chequers”
  • Russian: “Чекерс”
  • Scots: “Chequers”
  • Spanish: “Chequers”
  • Swedish: “Chequers”
  • Thai: “เช็กเกอส์”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Whorley Wood and Maple Wood.

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