Editing Gerrards Cross (section)

{{Short description|Town in Buckinghamshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox UK place 
|country =                 England
|coordinates = {{coord|51.587|-0.554|display=inline,title}}
|official_name=            Gerrards Cross
|static_image_name=        This is Gerrards Cross town centre (to my mind) - geograph.org.uk - 29075.jpg
|static_image_width=
|static_image_caption=     Gerrards Cross Town Centre
|population_ref           = 8,554 (Parish, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerrards Cross parish |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/southeastengland/admin/buckinghamshire/E04001586__gerrards_cross/ |website=City Population |access-date=19 February 2025}}</ref><br>{{nowrap|8,115 (Built up area, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021 |website=Census 2021 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>}}
|area_total_km2=           10.88
|unitary_england     = [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]]
|lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]]
|region=                   South East England
|constituency_westminster= [[Chesham and Amersham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]]
|post_town=                Gerrards Cross
|postcode_district=        SL9
|postcode_area=            SL
|dial_code=                01753
|os_grid_reference=        TQ00258860
| type = Town and civil parish
}}

'''Gerrards Cross''' is a town and [[civil parish]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It lies immediately south of [[Chalfont St Peter]] and a short distance west of the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]], from which it is separated by the parish of [[Denham, Buckinghamshire|Denham]]. Other neighbouring villages include [[Fulmer]], [[Hedgerley]], [[Iver Heath]] and [[Stoke Poges]]. It is {{convert|19|miles}} west-north-west of central [[London]]. The town stands on the lower slopes of the [[Chiltern Hills]], and the [[River Misbourne]] flows through the parish, north-east of the town. Bulstrode Park Camp was an [[Iron Age]] fortified encampment. The town is close to the [[M25 motorway]] and the [[M40 motorway]], the latter running beside woodland on the town's southern boundary.