Wendover is a market town with over seven thousand inhabitants, it is located south-east of the Buckinghamshire county town of Aylesbury and is at the foot of the Chiltern Hills. Wendover has had the right to hold its own weekly market since being granted a charter in 1464, the popular market, which attracts people from the surrounding villages is held on Thursdays. Villages and hamlets which are in the areas around Wendover include, Halton (and the Halton Camp RAF base), Weston Turville, Great Missenden, Stoke Mandeville, Ellesborough, Butlers Cross, Dunsmore, Wendover Dean, Kings Ash, Lee Gate, Chivery, Dancers End, Hanghill and Aston Clinton.