Waterend is a
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
located on the
A40 between
Piddington and
Stokenchurch
Stokenchurch is a village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about south of Chinnor in Oxfordshire and west of High Wycombe. Stokenchurch is a commuter village, served by junction 5 of ...
in Buckinghamshire, England. Together with the adjacent hamlets of
Horsleys Green,
Beacon's Bottom and
Studley Green, it is in an area known collectively as 'Studley Green'. It is within the
Chiltern Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are designated in recognition of thei ...
.
It featured in a 1987 episode of the BBC motoring magazine show ''
Top Gear
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* "Top gear", the highest gear available in a vehicle's manual transmission
Television
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'', which looked at safety on rural roads. Waterend was chosen for the abnormally high accident rate in both the hamlet itself and the surrounding roads.
Hamlets in Buckinghamshire
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