| Halton | |
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 St Michael and All Angels Church, Halton | |
  Halton Location withinBuckinghamshire | |
| Population | 935 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP874101 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | AYLESBURY |
| Postcode district | HP22 |
| Dialling code | 01296 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
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Halton is a small village andcivil parish in theBuckinghamshire district of the ceremonial county ofBuckinghamshire, England, located about two miles north ofWendover and five miles southeast ofAylesbury.
Medieval Halton was held by the monastery of Christchurch, Canterbury, along withMonks Risborough, and after the Reformation, passed to the Bradshawe family ofWendover and later to the Fermor family. In 1720, James Fermor sold the estate toSir Francis Dashwood ofWest Wycombe. It remained in the Dashwood's ownership until BaronLionel de Rothschild acquired the estate in 1851.[3]
In theChiltern Hills above Halton isHalton House, acountry house in the style of a French chateau, which is currently used as the main Officers' Mess for RAF Halton. It was originally built forAlfred de Rothschild in 1880.[4] The RAF demolished its domed winter garden to build an accommodation block.
Halton lies just outside theMetropolitan Green Belt so it has not been protected from postwar housing development. At its southern end it is contiguous withWendover, but it retains a separate, older village centre anchored by St Michael & All Angels Church, which dates from 1813, built on the site of a 16th-century church,[3] and a community hall. There is a separate, modern Catholic Church.
The Parish also includesRAF Halton, aRoyal Air Force (RAF) training station with a grass airfield used for glider training. Most modern housing in the village was built for RAF personnel, but some is now in private hands. A small shop mainly serves the RAF community. The base had a largemilitary hospital employing hundreds of people, which was closed in 1995. The buildings remained until 2007/8 when they were demolished for the Princess Mary Gate housing scheme on land between Halton and Wendover.
Halton Community Combined School is a mixedprimary school, which takes children from the age of four through to the age of eleven. The school has 200 pupils, with many from Forces backgrounds. In November 2023 the school was judged 'good' overall byOFSTED.[5] The school also contains Halton Preschool, which takes children aged 2 to 4.[6]
The Halton Tennis Centre has a small number of future athletes combining competitive tennis training with home schooling. The centre was formerly run by the RAF, who still train there.
The nearest railway station isWendover, on theChiltern Railways line between Aylesbury andLondonMarylebone (viaAmersham). Journey times to London are under an hour. A single track railway line used to run from Halton, crossing the A413 by way of a level crossing, to a bay platform at the north end of Wendover station.
Route 8[7] is served byArriva and is a bus from and to the Main Point at RAF Halton.
TheWendover arm of theGrand Union Canal flows through Halton on its course from Wendover to join the Grand Union besideMarsworth lock nearTring.
Halton gave its name to theHandley Page Halton, a cargo version of theHalifax bomber.
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