Nestled northwest of London, in amongst the Chiltern Hills and the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, sits the western edge of Amersham and the neighbouring villages of Chesham Bois and Hyde Heath. Now, Amersham and its surrounding villages are vital commuter belt locales, and many residents of the area travel into London for work, thanks to the London Underground station at Amersham. Due to its mixture of pastoral landscapes and high commutability, Amersham and Hyde Heath are affluent and sought after locations, with the most popular housing stock being grand country homes or large barn conversions with asking prices in excess of £2 million!

The first origins of Amersham and its surrounding locales are undocumented and lost to time. However, the first documentation of Amersham, known by the Saxons as Agmodesham, appears in 796 AD. By the time of the Domesday Book survey of 1086 for William the Conquerer, the town was recorded as Elmodesham and was owned by Geoffrey de Mandeville. However the initial site of Amersham was located at its southern edge, on the River Misbourne, and it wasn’t until 20th century expansion that northern and western Amersham began to flourish. The northern and western edges of Amersham are known as ‘Amersham-On-the-Hill’ and is distinctive from its Old Town counterpart, largely due to its late Victorian and 20th century architecture and design. The origins of Amersham-on-the-Hill are connected with the construction of the railway in 1871, which allowed Amersham to blossom into a commuter town and a thriving community. Between 1921 and 1931, over 2,000 houses were built in this area!

Amersham-on-the-Hill’s design is largely attributed to the architect John Harold Kennard, who began working in Amersham in 1905. Inpsired by British Arts and Crafts principles, many of his buildings have gone on to become Grade II listed properties due to their architectural and historical importance. Kennard was responsible for many buildings in the Amersham-on-the-Hill locale, including designing five shops and three houses in Amersham’s Oakfield Corner!

The Chiltern and South Bucks Local Plan for 2036 has not included any major housing developments liable to occur within the Amersham West and surrounding Hyde Heath locales. However a new housing project in central Amersham is offering to put forward 78 new homes in central Amersham, as well as intiating a new one-way traffic system to prioritise pedestrian and cyclist traffic!