Beaconsfield is a market town and civil parish in the South Buckingham district of Buckinghamshire, centred 23.6 miles (38 km) north west of London and 17 miles (27 kilometres) south east of the county's administrative town, Aylesbury. Four towns are within five miles of Beaconsfield: Slough, Amersham, Gerrards Cross and High Wycombe. It has an area of about 8 square miles. Based on the 2011 Census, the town has a resident population of about 12,000 inhabitants. The parish church at the crossroads of Old Beaconsfield is devoted to St. Mary, and it was rebuilt of flint and bath stone by the Victorians in 1869. The United Reformed Church in Beaconsfield can trace its roots of non-conformist worship in the town back to 1704. Old Beaconsfield has several old coaching inns set along a wide street of red brick houses and little shops. It was the first coach stopping point on the road between London and Oxford. An annual fair is traditionally held on 10th May. Its charter, dating from 1269, initially established a yearly market for trading goods and livestock, but it has now transformed into a funfair, held for 1 day only. In recent years, some residents have opposed the fair as a hindrance to the Old Town, and have called for the 735 year-old fair to be stopped. The town neighbours the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and boasts a considerable area of Georgian, neo-Georgian and Tudor revival high street architecture, generally known as the Old Town. It's celebrated for the first model village in the world and, in education, a direction and technical production institute, the National Film and Television School. For all your home improvement jobs, ensure that you use trustworthy professionals in Beaconsfield to make sure you get the best quality service.