Buckingham (Buckinghamshire)
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 59 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SP695335 | ||
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| Residents | 12,043 (as of 2011) | ||
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| ZIP code section | MK | ||
| prefix | 01280 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South east | ||
| Unitary authority | Buckinghamshire | ||
| Civil Parish | Buckingham | ||
| British Parliament | Buckingham | ||
| Website: http://www.buckingham-tc.gov.uk/ | |||
Buckingham [ ˈbʌkɪŋəm ] is a town in the north of the English county of Buckinghamshire , about 10 km from the border with Northamptonshire . Originally Buckingham was the county's capital; but this is Aylesbury today . The city has 12,043 inhabitants (2011).
Buckingham is home to Great Britain's first of five private universities , the University of Buckingham .
Nearby are the towns of Aylesbury , Bicester , Brackley , Milton Keynes and Towcester .
The following titles of nobility are named after the city: Earl of Buckingham , Duke of Buckingham , Duke of Buckingham and Normanby , Duke of Buckingham and Chandos .
Town twinning
Sister cities of Buckingham are Mouvaux in the French department Nord (since 2002) and Neukirchen-Vluyn in North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2012).
Sons and daughters
- Bernard John Marsden (born 1951), guitarist
