The
parish church of
St Nicholas is built in the
perpendicular style. The tower of the church is decorated with blank
tracery windows. Inside, the
chancel arch has unusual
corbels of a man and a
monkey. At one time there was also a Methodist Chapel in the village. from the church is a small man-made hill, about . high, known as "The Beacon", it is in fact the
motte of a small
Norman castle. North west of the church the 18th-century stable block of the former
manor house survives. The building is made of brick, and a
granary also survives built on an
arcaded
basement. This is rare as granaries in the area tended to be built on
staddle stones. This type of agricultural building was generally raised from the ground to deter
rodents. Other houses of note include Old Manor Farm, a large low house with a recently created series of gardens; and opposite the church, the former
rectory, dating from the 18th century with more recent additions, and an informal garden, open to the public once or twice a year. Neales Farm is an H plan
half-timbered house dating from circa 1600. The village has many old cottages, as well as small enclaves of newly built houses. In 1971, the Report of the
Roskill Commission on the London Airport expansion selected Cublington as the location of a proposed third airport for
London on the basis of
Cost Benefit Analysis. One Commission member, planner
Colin Buchanan, produced a dissenting report rejecting the proposal to build on Cublington as "an environmental disaster". The government later rejected the Roskill recommendation on environmental grounds, in favour of a site at
Maplin Sands,
Foulness. The village pub is called "The Unicorn". In World War 2, the pub and village were popular destinations for personnel serving at nearby
RAF Wing and the military hospital, built on the eastern edge of Cublington. Cublington boasts two tennis courts, a trout and coarse fishing lake and a cricket club. The cricket club celebrated its 150th anniversary of the first recorded match in 2013. At senior level, the club runs 2 senior League teams on Saturdays as well as a Sunday side and an occasional Strollers Sunday side. The nearest shop/post office and secondary school are 2.5 miles east of Cublington in the village of Wing, with Wingrave, also 2.5 miles away, offering a Church of England First and Middle school. The nearest doctor's surgery is in Wing. There are regular bus services to Cublington from Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard. ==References==