Chessmount Buckinghamshire Map

About Chessmount

Chessmount rests in a gentle embrace of Buckinghamshire’s rolling Chiltern landscape. It lies 1.1 km east-south-east of Chesham (from Chesham: bearing 121°T, OS grid SP 967 009). The soft chalk soil here, a whisper of ancient seas, lends a particular warmth to the light that falls upon its modest houses, often built of mellow brick that seems to absorb the very essence of the days. Though not a grand centre of commerce, Chessmount carries a quiet sense of purpose, a place where the rhythm of life is as steady as the slow drift of clouds across the wide English sky. Its proximity to the ancient woodlands of the Chilterns means that the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves often mingles with the fainter aromas of domestic hearths. There is a subtle beauty in the way the lanes here curve, as if guided by the land's own contours, leading the eye towards the next gentle rise or the distant shimmer of a hedgerow.

About This Chessmount Map Page

Explore Chessmount, Buckinghamshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.699031, -0.600844. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.