Sunday Times in 2018. Transport The town has easy access to London by rail, with Wendover station hosting Chiltern Railways services to and from London Marylebone on the London to Aylesbury Line. Wendover has two bus routes passing through it: the 8 travels between Aylesbury and RAF Halton and the 55 travels between Aylesbury and Chesham. The 8 is run by Arriva, and the 55 is run by Red Rose Travel. Education There are four schools in the town: The John Hampden School, named after politician and English Civil War participant John Hampden, a community infant school with about 275 pupils aged 4–7, Wendover Church of England Junior School, a voluntary controlled junior school with about 360 pupils aged 7–11, The John Colet School, named after the Renaissance humanist John Colet, a community secondary school with about 1100 pupils aged 11–18, The Wendover campus of the Chiltern Way Academy, a special school for pupils aged 11–18. Sport Wendover Football Club currently shares the school fields of the John Colet School and a clubhouse is open each Saturday afternoon for either a first or a reserve team fixture. Wendover hosts the 'Coombe Hill Run', usually held on the first Sunday in June. It begins and ends in the village and includes two very steep climbs up the hill to the monument along with a very steep decline. Wendover Cricket Club played at Ellesborough Road Ground, however, this site lay in the path of High Speed 2. The club will move to a new premises, funded by HS2 Ltd, soon in the future. Notable people Thomas Barlow (1845–1945), physician Edmund Burke (1729–1797), member of parliament Gordon Onslow Ford (1912–2003), artist David Jason (1940–), actor John Junkin (1930–2006), actor and scriptwriter Geoffrey Palmer (1927–2020), actor Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979), astronomer and astrophysicist Margaret Rawlings (1906–1996), actress Michael Shrimpton (1957–), barrister Roger of Wendover (?–1236), chronicler Twin town Liffré, Brittany, France. References External links The Wendover News Wendover Parish Council Tourism and Community Information Office John Hampden School Wendover Church of England Junior School Towns in Buckinghamshire Market towns in Buckinghamshire Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale Hill forts in Buckinghamshire