Hedgerley

South-west of Gerrards Cross and beyond Bulstrode Park is Hedgerley. The old village is small and picturesque and contains one of the best Gothic churches in the Home Counties.

It was designed by Benjamin Ferry and built in 1852 of flint on the site of two previous churches. It contains a 12th century font with a Jacobean cover, early brasses and a 17th century painting depicting the Ten Commandments and the fate of those who break them.

Near the church is a 16th century building which has associations with the earliest Quakers, and there are several other old buildings nearby which are also of interest.

To the south of the old village, on the top of Hedgerley Hill, lies the main residential area, relatively modern, but a pleasant place in which to live. Traces of many Romano-British pottery kilns have been found in the north of the Parish.

Hedgerley was a famous brick-making centre in the 17th and 18th centuries and Hedgerley bricks, which were very resistant to fire, were sold all over the country as well as abroad.

Hedgerley has won the Best Kept Village in Buckinghamshire Award on numerous occasions, and has been awarded the Wilkinson Sword of Excellence Award.