Skittle Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton in the county of Buckinghamshire, England.
Skittle Green is northwest of the village of Bledlow, very near to the Oxfordshire boundary.
Skittle Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton in the county of Buckinghamshire, England.
Skittle Green is northwest of the village of Bledlow, very near to the Oxfordshire boundary.
Coordinates: 51°43′07″N0°53′02″W / 51.71862°N 0.88387°W
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