South Bucks

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South Bucks District
Shown within non-metropolitan Buckinghamshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Buckinghamshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 192nd 141.28 km²
Admin. HQ:	Denham
ONS code:	11UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2007 est.) - Density	Ranked 306th 64,300 455 / km²
Ethnicity[1]:	89.3% White 6.0% S.Asian 1.6% Black 1.4% Chinese or Other 1.7% Mixed Race
Politics
South Bucks District Council http://www.southbucks.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MP:	Dominic Grieve

South Bucks is one of four local government district in the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire, in South East England.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, by the amalgamation of the area of Beaconsfield Urban District with part of Eton Rural District. The district was originally named Beaconsfield: it was renamed to its present title on on 1 April 1980, following the passing of a resolution by the district council.^[2] It is formally called 'South Bucks' rather than 'South Buckinghamshire'.

See List of civil parishes in South Bucks.

[edit] Transport

A large part of the district is sandwiched between the M40 and M4 motorways, both of which have junctions within the district. The major M40/M25 interchange is located near Gerrards Cross, it is the M25's only junction in the district. South Bucks contains the greatest length of motorway in any Buckinghamshire district. Railway lines follow the motorways- they are the Great Western Main Line and the Chiltern Main Line, with important stations in Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross. Denham Aerodrome in the southeast of the district has a small number of chartered flights running out of it.

[edit] References

1. ^ Office for National Statistics
2. ^ London Gazette: no. 48075, p. 1130, 23 January 1980.

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