A Level Geography- T2b Places case study

A large village 34 from NW London located in Buckinghamshire in SE England.

The source of the Misbourne river is winterbourne (when the river flows intermittently during winter and dries up during summer)

Great Missenden is located in the Chiltern Hills, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) due to it's range of endogenous factors.

Great Missenden has a library and is considered a home town.

It has a Roald Dhal Museum, which increases tourism in the area and provides school trips from studets. Additionally, there's a Roald Dhal nature and village walk.

There was a train station built in 1892, which allows the area to be more connected to neighbouring places like Wycombe Swan.

A lighthouse was built in 1987.

Before 1892, Great Missenden was a farming community that was self-sustaining. 

It acted as a coaching stop between London and the Midlands.

According to the 2011 census, the main job type now is professional,

The train station that was built in 1892 provides a 1 hour train journey into London, so there's easy access to the captial of the UK.

The A413 runs through the village.

Great MIssenden is located near the M25.

The community residing in Great Missenden isn't particularly culturally diverse; 96.3% of the population is white, whereas in the rest of England, 79.8% is white. 

Resisdents that are aged 65 and over outnumber those who are 0-15 by 2.5%, which contrasts the rest of England as this percentage is reversed anywhere else.

Great MIssenden is among the 10% least-deprived neighbourhoods in the country.

Young people seeking employment age can't afford to stay in the village due to it's high cost for housing.

Due to Great Missenden being an AONB, this attracts walkers cyclists and day-trip tourists that like the natural environment of the chalk hills and valleys, open farmland and beech woodland.

The Roald Dalh Museum is sited close to where he lived for 36 years.

There's a range of shops on the High Street to accomodate the needs of visitors: pubs, resturants, cafes, hairdressers, beauty salons, gift shops and estate agents.

Great Missenden is undergoing economic changes as a result of national and international external forces.

The HS2 trainline was discounted by the Great MIssenden Parish Cuncil, the Chiltern Conservation Board and the Chltern District Council as it would have detrimental impacts on the local environment.

In light of this reponse, the government decided on the shortest, straighest route for the fastest speeds of up to 284mph.

Businesses and home owners have by negavetively economically impact by this change in terms of property prices falling, complusory purchases and a decline in business.

0.2% increase in the population from 1981 to 2011.

The population density is 16 per herctare in the village and 1.6 in the surrounding areas (in comparison, Wembely park has 230 per hectare).

The elderly residents outweigh the residents aged 0-15 by 2.5% and has increased from 131 over 85s in 1981 to 329 in 2011.

Two thirds of Great Missenden is ancient woodland (defined as areas that have had woodland cover for over 400 years).

The Chilterns have the highest proportion of ancient woodland of any comparable area in the country.

There are around 2500 miles of hedgrow in the AONB, which is home to a diverse wildife as well as important habitats for birds that are nesting and feeding.