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Is Aylesbury good place to live?
A town in Buckinghamshire has been named as one of the worst places to live in the country following a recent survey. Aylesbury has been ranked the 18th worst place to live in England, in a new poll which was conducted by the satirical website ‘I Live Here,’ after a ‘record-breaking’ 125,681 people voted.
Why is Aylesbury famous?
Aylesbury is a bustling market town located close to the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Perhaps best known for producing the ‘tastiest’ duck in the 19th century, the town offers both the history and heritage of its old quarter as well as the modern shopping centres and nightlife of a contemporary town.
Is Aylesbury a bad place to live?
Inexplicably in our view, ilivehere.co.uk ranked Aylesbury 18th in the top 50 worst places to live in England in 2021. One reviewer went as far as to say that Aylesbury housing estates are ‘full to the rafters’ with ‘nasty little miscreants’.
How bad is Aylesbury?
Aylesbury is the most dangerous major town in Buckinghamshire, and is the 24th most dangerous overall out of Buckinghamshire’s 220 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Aylesbury in 2020 was 67 crimes per 1,000 people.
Is Aylesbury a village?
Aylesbury is a bustling market town located just north of the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, in the rich agricultural area known as the Vale of Aylesbury.
What is good about Aylesbury?
Aylesbury also enjoys some of the lowest unemployment rates in the country; only 1.3% of the population were unemployed in 2017 compared to the national average of 3.3%. Healthcare is also good, with both Stoke Mendeville Hospital and The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospitals serving the local area.
What did Aylesbury used to be called?
Aylesbury started as a Saxon settlement called Aegel’s burgh. Burgh is a Saxon word meaning fort or fortified settlement. It is possible Saxon Aylesbury had a ditch and earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top.
Is Chesham rough?
Generally, the residents of Chesham feel secure—and this is partly due to the town’s Safe Place Scheme—an initiative that looks after the area’s most vulnerable people. Like most towns, crime does exist in Chesham, but rates are low, and the area is well-covered by The Thames Valley Police.
How is life in Aylesbury?
Where is the best place to live in Buckinghamshire?
The best places to live in Buckinghamshire
- Gerrards Cross.
- Haddenham.
- Waddesdon.
- Hambleden.
- Long Crendon.
- Marlow.
- Amersham.
- Olney.
Is Aylesbury a city?
Aylesbury, the County Town of Buckinghamshire, is a bustling market town which is confidently moving forward in the 21st century. The town is, with a population of over 60,000, the largest in Aylesbury Vale. Aylesbury hosts the Crown Courts and the main offices of Buckinghamshire Council.
Why is Aylesbury a good place to live?
At its core, Aylesbury is still an old English market town, and it carries its self as such. People moving to Aylesbury usually do so for the affordable housing options that the town offers. Compared to London, Milton Keynes and Oxford, Aylesbury is the most reasonable place to rent or buy.
What’s the problem with Aylesbury Old Market Town?
The County Hall – a brutalist concrete skyscraper stabbing the once-quaint heart of the old market town. I rather like it, but then I like fag-ash concrete. Aylesbury’s main problem is that its expansion has left it with not enough substance – culture, shopping, eating, etc – to support its expanded population.
What was the population of Aylesbury in 1960?
To demonstrate the scale of this growth, as recently as the 1960’s the town held a population of no more than 28,000 but in recent years has grown closer to 75,000 thanks to a number of new housing estates both in and around the town centre.
How long did my mum live in Aylesbury?
We lived in Aylesbury for seven years and my mum despised every millisecond. Still, 20 years has jollied the place up. A little. Fancy coffee’s arrived, plus those other markers of 21st-century, Guardian-reading civilisation, farmers’ markets and organic grocers, though it’s still overwhelmed by mediocrity.