Welcome to Stoke Poges

Stoke Poges lies almost at the south eastern extremity of Buckinghamshire and is 23 miles west of Hyde Park Corner.

The village name 'Stoke' is one of the most common in the United Kingdom and means 'hamlet'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Stoche. The affix 'Poges' came later, and refers to the family that owned the manor in the village in the 13th century.

Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is believed to have been written in the churchyard of the St Giles Church in Stoke Poges, Thomas Gray is buried at St Giles. Stoke Poges is also mentioned in 20th century literature, in the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, where it is the location of a frequently visited golf course.

More recently, the James Bond film 'Goldfinger' features a golf match played between the principal characters, James Bond and Auric Goldfinger at Stoke Poges Golf Club, which has also recently been featured in the films 'Layer Cake', 'Wimbledon' and the latest 'Bridget Jones'!