Adjacent to the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, hemmed by Amersham to the north and Gerrards Cross to the south, sits the eastern edge of Beaconsfield which joins to the village and civil parish of Seer Green. Nestled in amongst the rolling pastoral landscapes, Beaconsfield and Seer Green are historic locales with abundant history and the area’s housing stock is characterised by grand detached country homes with significant acerage - with offering prices in excesses of £3 million!

The first recorded reference of Beaconsfield comes from 1185, where it was initially documented as ‘Bekensfield’, and was constructed around a crossroads in the area. It is generally considered to be a Saxon settlement, with the neighbouring village of Penn acting as a Saxon beacon and lookout point. It was not, coincidentally, recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book, although it was at this point most likely covered under the Burnham hundred, rather than its own settlement. In 1269 the town was gifted a market charter, an annual charter fair that is still in effect today! Seer Green was historically a predominantly agricultural village, most notable in its abundant cherry orchards, which gave the village its nickname of ‘Cherry Pie Village’! Although many of the orchards have now been lost to development. The myth of the Seer Green name often includes Merlin, King Arthur’s wizard, who was said to have stopped in Seer Green on his journeys to Camelot; although it is more likely that ‘seer’ comes from the word ‘dry’ rather than the wizard.

Seer Green boasts a strong connection to literary and cultural history. The poet, philosopher, literary critic and co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts Herbert Read, built his home in Seer Green! Frequent collaborator with fellow contemporary poet T.S Eliot, Eliot dedicated his 1939 ‘Old Posssum’s Book of Practical Cats’ to Miss Susanna Morley, a Seer Green resident. This poetry collected became the basis for Andrew Lloyd Weber’s 1980s musical ‘Cats’, adapted for film in 2019!

Due to its rural agricultural nature and historic roots, development in the local Seer Green area is often slow and stagnant. In the Chilterns and South Bucks Local Plan for 2036, there have been no intitiatives to support development in Seer Green or east of Beaconsfield. Most of the new development is happening closer to the centre of Beaconsfield however, with the local plan hoping to construct over 1,500 new dwellings in the local area!