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Chequers (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ k ər z / CHEK-ərz) is the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.A 16th-century manor house in origin, it is near the village of Ellesborough, halfway between Princes Risborough and Wendover in Buckinghamshire, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 40 miles (64 km) north-west of central London.
12 Downing Street (official residence of the Government Chief Whip but currently houses the Offices of the Prime Minister) Chequers (Country residence of the Prime Minister) Carlton Gardens, St. James's (No. 1 is the official residence of the Foreign Secretary and No. 2 houses the Privy Council Office)
10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. [2] Colloquially known as Number 10, the building is in Downing Street, off Whitehall in the City of Westminster. 10 Downing Street is the current residence of the current prime minister Keir Starmer, since 2024 after succeeding former prime minister Rishi Sunak.
Chequers was gifted to the British state in 1921 and has been the country escape for each prime minister ever since, ...
The house in the Chilterns was gifted a century ago to whoever holds the office of prime minister. Chequers: The country retreat that has seen many historic moments in politics Skip to main content
Matthew Wootten smashed into the Chequers residence’s 80-year-old Victory Gate Moment drink-driver crashed into gates of prime minister’s Chequers residence Skip to main content
Chequers, Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire – official country house of the Prime Minister; 11 Downing Street, Westminster – official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Second Lord of the Treasury) 12 Downing Street, Westminster – formerly the official residence of the Chief Whip, now the site of the Downing Street Press Office
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