It is located in the Chiltern Hills, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wendover and the same distance south of Tring in Hertfordshire with which it shares a boundary.

A section of the Chiltern Grim's Ditch linear earthwork, which is believed to have been constructed during the Iron Age, marks the northern boundary of Buckland Common.

This upland area would have originally comprised impenetrable scrub woodland but gradual clearance created pasture land which provided advantageous grazing for cattle and sheep.

Perhaps this location was chosen on account of it being more sheltered lying as it does in a slight depression in comparison to the surrounding land.

It is believed the first permanent settlement began in the 16th century, around the time when Henry VIII seized the lands from the Earl of Warwick in 1522.

[2] Around 1540, Queen Mary I granted a tenancy to Sir Anthony Browne, whose daughter Elizabeth married Baron Richard Dormer a wealthy landowner from Wing.

Though this pottery production then ceased clay continued to be dug to support a thriving brick making industry which survived into the 20th century.

Agriculture provided the main employment during the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, though a cider factory which opened in the 1900s was for a time also an important part of the local economy.

Establishment of the village of Buckland Common happened much later than other similar daughter settlements in this part of the Chilterns.

The schism was eventually hastened by the action of the Commissioners for Enclosure in 1842 who oversaw the dividing up of the 15 acres (6.1 ha) of common land between villagers, enabling the creation of a largely autonomous community.