Queens Park, Aylesbury
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Queens Park is a late
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and early
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area of
Aylesbury Aylesbury ( ) is the county town of Buckinghamshire, England. It is home to the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery and the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Waterside Theatre. It is located in central Buckinghamshire, midway between High Wycombe and Milt ...
in
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. It was one of the first developments outside the historic centre of the town, lying just south of the Aylesbury branch of the
Grand Union Canal The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the Canals of the United Kingdom, British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another to Birmi ...
. Queens Park is mainly made up of terraced cottages with the occasional later semi-detached or detached property. Non-residential property is limited to the
Queens Park Centre The Queens Park Arts Centre is an independent arts centre and theatre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. Programme Queens Park Arts Centre offers more than 100 workshops on a weekly basis, covering artistic disciplines such as pottery, pain ...
, a local arts and crafts venue, and the Millwrights
public house A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...
. Bordering Queens Park to the south is the former
hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...
of
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