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About Fingest

The small picturesque village of Fingest is set on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. It has a wonderful church which dates from the early Norman period and which has a rare tower with a double vaulted roof. It is a Grade I listed building.
The film 'The Monuments Men' starring George Clooney, MAtt Damon and Jean Dujardin, filmed some its scenes in Fingest, and The Chequers Pub in the village starred as an antique shop in an episode of the TV drama 'Midsomer Murders'.

Interesting & Historical Facts about Fingest

Scenes of the period drama The Monuments Men were shot in Fingest in May 2013, starring George Clooney, Matt Damon and Jean Dujardin.

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Turville (45 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Buckinghamshire

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Henley on Thames (158 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire

(5.3 miles, 8.6 km, direction S of Fingest)

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(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction SW of Fingest)

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(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W of Fingest)

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(9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction S of Fingest)

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West Wycombe Park (National Trust)

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(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction NE)

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(4.1 miles, 6.5 km, direction S)

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(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction S)

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Greys Court (70 Pictures)

(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction SW)

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Hughenden Manor (21 Pictures)

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction NE)

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Nuffield Place (2 Pictures)

(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction W)

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Cliveden (78 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction SE)

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