Chalfont St Giles is a village and also civil church within the Chiltern area in south eastern Buckinghamshire, England, on the edge of the Chilterns, 20.9 miles (33.6 km) west-north-west of Charing Cross, central London, and also near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont as well as Amersham. Chalfont indicates chalk springtime, of the water carrying capabilities of the neighborhood surface. The village has a duck pond that is fed by the River Misbourne. In 2009, the town was awarded the European Diploma of the Council of Europe in acknowledgment of its initiatives to circulate the idea of European unity.