Gerrards Cross
town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England
Gerrards Cross is a town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is contiguous with Chalfont St Peter, lying immediately south of it. Gerrards Cross is a short distance west of the London Borough of Hillingdon, from which it is separated by the parish of Denham. Other neighbouring villages include Fulmer, Hedgerley, Iver Heath and Stoke Poges. It is 19 miles (31 km) west-north-west of central London. The town stands on the lower slopes of the Chiltern Hills, and the River Misbourne flows through the parish, north-east of the town. Bulstrode Park Camp was an Iron Age fortified encampment. The town is close to the M25 motorway and the M40 motorway, the latter running beside woodland on the town's southern boundary.
History
The site of a minor Iron Age hillfort, Bulstrode Park Camp, is to the south-west of the town centre. It is a scheduled ancient monument.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1854684. VIAF identifies the subject as 152545567. The Library of Congress control number is n88017798. Authority coordinates are 51.588, -0.553. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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