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[samura]

Hello everyone, I hope to move to Amersham to be with my other half in the near future. I've recently been offered a job in Aylesbury. I am hoping some of the locals here could tell me how long I can expect to be in the car in the mornings driving from Amersham to Aylesbury in the mornings?

Thanks!

[Speedy]

Driving from amersham to aylesbury during the day (out of rush hour times) normally takes about 20 - 25 minutes maximum. I have found however that during rush hour traffic, it's not getting out of amersham that's the problem, but getting into aylesbury is. You'd have to drive there and see how long it would take.

There is the alternative of using the train, that goes from amersham to aylesbury with only two stops(iirc) in between.

[Fran]

The short answer is a little over half an hour. (The train takes ~20 minutes, but there are only two per hour.)

As Speedy said, whether coming or going, normally the only slow bit is Aylesbury itself; how slow it is depends on exactly where in Aylesbury your workplace is and the time of day.

If I leave Amersham by 7.45am, it takes me ~25 minutes to get to the inner ring road by BCC and the new Waterside theatre; if I don't leave till 8.15 it takes 35-40 minutes.

The homeward journey is less affected by the time of day and is invariably ~30 minutes at peak times.

Good luck in the new job.

[samura]

Thanks for the replies and good wishes!
The office is in Brunel Park in the NW of Aylesbury. From what little I saw of Aylesbury I can see how the approach into the town could be congested. They're obviously big fans of their roundabouts there! The times you are saying sound great though, I was preparing myself for a commute of close to an hour I suppose.
Thanks again for the help.

[Fran]

The office is in Brunel Park in the NW of Aylesbury.

In which case, add another 10 minutes to my estimates, but if you're lucky it will usually be a little less than that.

[Tallguy]

Brunel Park? That's close to where I work in Aylesbury. I take the 'back road' going from the A413 Wendover bypass to the Terrick roundabout, then past the Bucks Goat Centre to the Stoke Mandeville mini roundabout. Go left there and follow the road down past Diamonds of Aylesbury and past Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Go left at the second roundabout past the hospital, left at the next roundbaout, right at the next, over the speed humps until you get to the Thame Road roundabout. Go left then right at the first roundabout and cut through Fairford Leys. Leaving Wycombe at 7am I can be at my desk 35 mins later.

The route above misses a lot of traffic although you sometimes have to queue past the hospital.

Try some dry runs on a quiet Sunday to learn the different routes. Streetmap.co.uk and a good satnav unit are your friends in the early days.

Good luck with the new job.

HTH

[samura]

Thanks a lot for the advice guys, very much appreciated. I won't have much time to acclimatize to working life there before I start so the directions and insight are a great help!