Most of the site takes you on a walk, illustrated with pictures and words, through Gerrards Cross along Packhorse Road, the main shopping and commercial street.

It has been put together in response to a question from an American friend who left Gerrards Cross in the mid 1970s - "Has Packhorse Road changed much?" - and highlights many of the changes, but does not claim to mention every change, that has affected Packhorse Road.

For those whose geography is, shall we say, not their strong point Gerrards Cross is in Buckinghamshire, a county of England.  This small town lies about 20 miles west of London.

The walk starts at the Common at the south end of the village.  You can start by looking at the west side (2009) as we travel from the Packhorse to the Ethorpe, or you can start with the east side (2008) from the Common as far as the Barclay's old building. 

My thanks are due to Brian Davies and Mike Sandover who both provided much useful historical material.
Photographs and text by Guy Gorton.  Comments welcome at guy.gorton@virgin.net.
April 2002
Revision date Summer 2008.
Revision date April 2009.