Retirement Properties Spotlight in Watlington

Watlington  was mentioned in Domesday as Watelintone and had two mills close by the old Icknield Way. The town was founded in the sixth century by the Saxons and its name probably comes from 'estate associated with a man called Wacol'. It is set between the Vale of Oxford and the steep chalk escarpment of the Chiltern Hills at the foot of Watlington Hill - which is National Trust property.

Today the town has a number of attractive Georgian buildings and timbered and thatched cottages along the high street. With a population of about 2700 there is a good range of shops and frequent bus services to the neighbouring towns of Henley, Oxford and High Wycombe. Communications are very good with London a little over 40 miles and Junction 6 of the M40 less than four miles.