Good accessibility to London, a minute drive away, makes the region a good location for businesses. The local economy is competitive, with generally low levels of unemployment and the fastest job growth of all local authority areas in the UK. Moreover, the region is part of the Greater South-East, which has the strongest economic growth in Britain 4. IT, telecommunications and the media are all sectors of excellence, particularly in the internationally famous Pinewood Studios.
The county is also home to the National Film and Television School. Other important sectors are advanced engineering, food and drink industries and healthcare. Buckinghamshire has the largest small-firm economy in the country and one of the smallest public sector economies. The Metropolitan Green Belt is an area that prohibits heavy urbanisation, which in turn has kept London from expanding into Buckinghamshire and left the area scarcely developed.
Buckinghamshire is also home to two nationally important locations: Dorney Lake and Pinewood Studios. Dorney Lake was the designated area for the rowing events during the Summer Olympics. Buckinghamshire also holds parts of two of the four longest rivers in England. The county can be split into two sections geographically. The south leads from the River Thames up the gentle slopes of the Chiltern Hills to the more abrupt slopes on the northern side leading to the Vale of Aylesbury, a large flat expanse of land, which includes the path of the River Great Ouse.
The county includes parts of two of the four longest rivers in England. The River Thames forms the southern boundary with Berkshire , which has crept over the border at Eton and Slough so that the river is no longer the sole boundary between the two counties. The main branch of the Grand Union Canal passes through the county as do its arms to Slough , Aylesbury , Wendover disused and Buckingham disused. The canal has been incorporated into the landscaping of Milton Keynes.
The southern part of the county is dominated by the Chiltern Hills. The two highest points in Buckinghamshire are Haddington Hill in Wendover Woods a stone marks its summit at metres ft above sea level, and Coombe Hill near Wendover at metres ft. Quarrying has taken place for chalk, clay for brickmaking and gravel and sand in the river valleys. Flint, also extracted from quarries, was often used to build older local buildings.
Several former quarries, now flooded, have become nature reserves. As can be seen from the table, the Vale of Aylesbury and the Borough of Milton Keynes have been identified as growth areas, with a projected population surge of almost 40, in Aylesbury Vale between and and 75, in Milton Keynes within the same 15 years. Today Buckinghamshire is ethnically diverse, particularly in the larger towns. At the end of the 19th century some Welsh drover families settled in north Bucks and, in the last quarter of the 20th century, a large number of Londoners in Milton Keynes.
Likewise Chesham has a similar-sized Asian community, and High Wycombe is the most ethnically diverse town in the county, with large Asian and Afro-Caribbean populations.
Remnants of these communities remain in the county. The Ridgeway Path, a long-distance footpath, passes through the county. The county also has many historic houses. Other historic houses are still in use as private homes, such as the Prime Minister 's country retreat Chequers. Home to the Verney family and was also home to Florence Nightingale for some time. Buckinghamshire is the location of Bletchley Park , the site of World War II British codebreaking and Colossus , the world's first programmable electronic digital computer.
Buckinghamshire is the home of various notable people in connection with whom tourist attractions have been established: for example the author Roald Dahl who included many local features and characters in his works.
Sports facilities in Buckinghamshire include half of the international Silverstone Circuit which straddles the Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire border, Adams Park in the south and stadium:mk in the north, and the county is also home to the world-famous Pinewood Studios. Dorney Lake , named "Eton Dorney" for the event, was used as the rowing venue for the Summer Olympics. Buckinghamshire including Milton Keynes is served by four motorways, although two are on its borders:.
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