Nestled in the beautiful Chiltern Hills National Landscape, Amersham is a historic market town with a strong sense of community. From the characterful streets and historic buildings of Old Amersham to the shops, cafés and green spaces of Amersham-on-the-Hill, the town offers a wonderful mix of heritage, nature and modern life. With excellent transport links to London and the surrounding area, it is a popular place for families to live, work and learn.
Our Town, Amersham
Discover Amersham
Award-Winning Town
Best Town Overall 2026
Amersham has plenty to celebrate, having been crowned the overall Best Town in the region, alongside a Gold Award recognising the town’s exceptional horticultural standards at the RHS Thames and Chilterns in Bloom regional awards.
It also received the regional Visual Impact Award, with judges noting the “many wows” created by the town’s beautifully maintained public spaces.
It also received the regional Visual Impact Award, with judges noting the “many wows” created by the town’s beautifully maintained public spaces.
Muddy Stilettos Voted
Top Places to Live Buckinghamshire 2025
Muddy Stilettos highlights that Amersham has all the perks of countryside living – it’s scattered with half-timbered buildings and pretty period cottages and it’s in the heart of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding National Beauty.
Refined and elegant from one end of its historic high street to the other, the area nevertheless has a buzzy ‘town’ feel with its thriving indie shops and excellent foodie offering, across both the historic Old Town and the New Town.
Refined and elegant from one end of its historic high street to the other, the area nevertheless has a buzzy ‘town’ feel with its thriving indie shops and excellent foodie offering, across both the historic Old Town and the New Town.
“Amersham has all the right dynamics: heritage, high-powered grammar schools, lovely Chiltern Hills countryside, a choice of independent places to eat and excellent transport links.”
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