Chesham and Amersham

The Chesham & Amersham Local Community Area covers the towns of Chesham and Amersham, and the adjoining parishes of Chartridge, Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, Chesham, The Lee, Latimer, Ashley Green, Amersham, Penn, Coleshill, Chenies and Chesham Bois. The population of this wider area exceeds 50,800 and is the third largest combined settlement in Buckinghamshire.

The transport network in Chesham and Amersham is dominated by the local topography.  Both Chesham and Amersham are set within the Chiltern Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and are surrounded by Green Belt Land.  This poses unique problems for the expansion and improvement of the transport network.   The main transport corridor intersecting Chesham and Amersham is:

• A416 (North-South) - Linking Chesham and Amersham

There are three other key transport routes:

• A404 - Linking Amersham with High Wycombe and north-west London (M25)
• A413 - Linking Amersham with Wendover and Aylesbury to the north and Denham and the M25/M40 to the south
• A355 - Linking Amersham with Beaconsfield and the M40

The town centres of Chesham and Amersham provide retailing, commercial, health, further education and leisure services for both towns and the surrounding areas, and the town centres are also principal locations for employment.

The Transport Area Action Plan

Please follow the link at the bottom of the page to view the Transport Area Action Plan for the Chesham & Amersham Local Community Area.

Transport Matters event

This event gave the public the opportunity to make comments on the AAP and transport in the local area. The main issues raised are as follows:

Chesham

• Peak time congestion, especially around schools
• The condition and maintenance of the roads 
• Difficulty in accessing hospitals by public transport

Amersham

• The need for improvements to pedestrian and cycling routes
• The condition and maintenance of roads

These comments and concerns have been passed on to the relevant teams within the Transportation Service, These teams will take the comments into consideration and take action where appropriate.