Development: Longwick Chase

Longwick Chase

Excellent location near Princes Risborough

Longwick Chase, is around 45 minutes from London Marylebone by train, with additional direct services to Aylesbury, Birmingham, Banbury and Oxford. Oxford is approximately half an hour away by rail. The Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway, a steam heritage line operating trips through four miles of beautiful countryside and wildlife habitats, also uses the station.

The local area

The village store around 300 yards from the development includes Post Office services. Shops and services in Princes Risborough’s picturesque town centre include traditional butchers and bakers, florists, newsagents, hairdressers, a pharmacy and galleries, interspersed with cafés, restaurants and pubs. They are complemented by a Tesco superstore a mile and a half from Longwick Chase, an M&S Food Store and a Co-op, and a Thursday street market selling fresh fish, local produce and baking, clothing and household goods.

Longwick Village Hall, on the Green a few yards from the development, provides a venue for many community activities, from preschool childcare to the Women’s Institute and a choral society. The Green is also the location of the Scout Hut, playgrounds and an annual Village Fete. Princes Risborough’s local amenities include a Youth Theatre, Risborough Springs Swim and Fitness Centre and a popular local library.

Longwick C of E Combined School, a few minutes’ walk away, is rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, and Longwick Chase is in the catchment area for the new Princes Risborough high school. The nearest of the three medical practices in Princes Risborough is Unity Health, near the Tesco store, and there are two dental surgeries and two opticians in the town.