South Bucks (historic)

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South Bucks (historic) was a former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, known for its largely rural character and commuter towns within the London metropolitan area.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
South Bucks 1
South Bucks (historic) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former non-metropolitan district
local government district
administeredBy South Bucks District Council
borderedBy Chiltern district
Greater London
Slough
South Oxfordshire district
linked to: South Oxfordshire

Windsor and Maidenhead
Wycombe district
linked to: Wycombe
characterisedAs largely rural
containsArea Colne Valley Regional Park
part of the Metropolitan Green Belt
containsSettlement Beaconsfield
Burnham
Denham
Farnham Common
Gerrards Cross
Iver
Stoke Poges
country England
dissolutionReason local government reorganisation in Buckinghamshire
dissolvedIn 2020
endTime 31 March 2020
formedBy Local Government Act 1972
governmentType non-metropolitan district council
hasCharacteristic commuter area for London
hasFeature predominantly residential settlements
significant commuter population
hasPostalArea HP postcode area
SL postcode area
hasTransportLink Chiltern Main Line
Great Western Main Line
M4 motorway
M40 motorway
knownFor affluent commuter towns
green belt countryside
locatedIn Buckinghamshire
London metropolitan area
linked to: Greater London

South East England
locatedNear Chiltern Hills AONB
River Thames
linked to: Thames
mergedInto unitary authority of Buckinghamshire
partOf non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire
replacedBy Buckinghamshire Council
startTime 1 April 1974

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hillingdon borderedBy South Bucks (historic)
Stoke Poges district South Bucks
linked to: South Bucks (historic)