Coordinates: 51°51′21″N 0°49′10″W / 51.8559°N 0.8194°W / 51.8559; -0.8194

Weedon
Weedon  Weedon shown within Buckinghamshire
Population	388 [1]
OS grid reference	SP813181
Parish	Weedon
District	Aylesbury Vale
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AYLESBURY
Postcode district	HP22
Dialling code	01296
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Aylesbury
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Weedon is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district to the north of Aylesbury and south of Hardwick in Buckinghamshire, England.

The village name is Old English in origin, and means 'hill with a heathen temple'. In records dated 1066 the village was recorded as Weodune.

Weedon has a Methodist Chapel and a pub called the "Five Elms".

Land within the parish, to the southwest of the village and adjacent to the northern edge of Aylesbury has been designated a Major Development Area - Weedon Hill - which when complete will comprise 850 houses along with a local centre, a secondary school and the new Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station.

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