Bledlow Ridge is a popular Buckinghamshire village located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. Bledlow Ridge is also high up in the Chiltern Hills, approximately 700ft above sea level. The village benefits from a well-regarded Church of England first school, village hall, village shop and public house.
The larger centres of Princes Risborough and High Wycombe are approximately 5 miles and 5.5 miles distant respectively, giving a much wider variety of shopping and public facilities, with Oxford only 22 miles to the west along the M40. The M40 can be reached at either Junction 5 (approximately 7.5 miles) or Junction 4, (approximately 6 miles) and the railway at Princes Risborough offers a regular service into London Marylebone with alternative services available at both High Wycombe and Saunderton.
Buckinghamshire is renowned for its high standard of education- the area being served by a good number of state and independent schools, catering for girls and boys of all ages. Recreational and sports facilities in the area include golf at Whiteleaf, Ellesborough, Saunderton and Thame, tennis at Princes Risborough and Bledlow Ridge, cricket clubs at Bledlow Ridge, Bledlow village and Horsenden, and polo at West Wycombe.
Distances
High Wycombe 5 miles (trains to London Marylebone 27 minutes)
Beaconsfield 10 miles (trains to London Marylebone from 23 minutes)
Henley-on-Thames 14 miles
Saunderton Station 2.1 miles
Oxford 22 miles
Central London 35 miles
(All distances & times are approximate)