Princes Risborough

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Princes Risborough

Total population

7,978

Coordinates51.72°, -0.83°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Princes Risborough is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England; it is located about 8 miles (13 km) south of Aylesbury, 9 miles (14 km) northwest of High Wycombe, and 7 miles (11 km) south of Thame. It lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, at the north end of a gap or pass through the Chilterns; the south end of which is at West Wycombe. The A4010 road follows this route from West Wycombe through the town and then on to Aylesbury.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Richard Hickox

English conductor (1948-2008)

Adam Clayton

Irish rock musician, bass player of U2

Winston Churchill

British politician (1940–2010)

Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire

Irish politician (1760-1816)

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Edward Stone

English Anglican priest who discovered the active ingredient of aspirin

Giles Milton

British writer and historian

James Figg

British boxer

Michael Yeats

Irish politician and barrister (1921–2007)

T

Thomas Ellwood

English poet and Quaker theologian (1639–1713)

Bertie Corbett

English footballer (1875-1967)

B

Bill Atkins

English cricketer (born 1938)

Doreen Carwithen

British composer of classical and film music (1922–2003)

Frank Howard Kirby

British military officer (1871–1956); recipient of the Victoria Cross

F

Frederick George Lee

English priest (1832-1902)

G

George H. Nelms

Canadian politician

J

John Turner

Minor Counties cricketer (1949-2012)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Thame
  6.4 mi away
• Tring
  8.9 mi away
• Amersham
  10.2 mi away
• Berkhamsted
  11.8 mi away
• Kings Langley
  16.4 mi away
• Bicester
  18.3 mi away
• Didcot
  19.4 mi away
• Buckingham
  20.3 mi away
• Wokingham
  21.4 mi away
• Egham
  23.6 mi away
• Staines-upon-Thames
  24.3 mi away
• Flitwick
  24.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Princes Risborough

Principal decays of softwoods used in Great Britain

Princes Risborough England · 1938

Decay of timber and its prevention

Princes Risborough (England). Forest Products Research Laboratory. · 1946

A handbook of softwoods

Forest Products Research Laboratory (Princes Risborough, England) · 1957

Dry rot in buildings

Forest Products Research Laboratory (Princes Risborough, England) · 1947

Hardwoods for building and general purposes

Forest Products Research Laboratory (Princes Risborough, England) · 1951

Hardwoods for industrial flooring

Forest Products Research Laboratory (Princes Risborough, England) · 1959

Home-grown timbers

Forest Products Research Laboratory (Princes Risborough, England) · 1964

Home-grown timbers: sitka and Norway spruce

Forest Products Research Laboratory (Princes Risborough, England) · 1967

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Small Dusty Wave

Idaea seriata

Seen 2026-09-15

Phasia hemiptera

Phasia hemiptera

Seen 2026-09-14

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-14

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-14

tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Seen 2026-09-14

Yellow Cosmos

Cosmos sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-14

hare's foot inkcap

Coprinopsis lagopus

Seen 2026-09-14

Dark Bush-cricket

Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Seen 2026-09-14

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers