These are the most expensive places to buy in the UK - and south Bucks has three places on the list.

To caveat, these are the most expensive places to buy outside London, which comfortably takes the top 10 list on its own.

The table was compiled by property website Rightmove, which worked out the average house price listed in May 2019 by area.

Beaconsfield comes in at number 3 on the UK list, with an average asking price of more than £1 million.

See below for the full list

Bucks Free Press:

A house listed in Beaconsfield by Ashington Page for £1.85m

Close behind is Gerrards Cross, where the average was £921, 305 in May.

Chalfont St Giles makes up south Bucks' strong showing on the UK top ten at number 7.

Bucks Free Press:

A house listed in Chalfont St Giles by Ashington Page for £1.79m

Nine of Rightmove’s top ten most expensive towns are places in the South East, with areas in Surrey representing five of the ten priciest places to buy outside of London, followed by Bucks with three.

Rightmove’s property expert Miles Shipside said: “The influence of London is clearly shown in this analysis of the UK’s most expensive areas.

"The ability to commute but escape the built-up capital to live in leafy suburbs and towns attracts wealthy buyers who are willing and able to pay high prices for the right property in the right location."

Bucks Free Press:

Virginia Water in Surrey is the UK’s most expensive place to buy a property outside of the capital.

Meanwhile in London, Knightsbridge is the UK’s most expensive place, being the only area with an average asking price of over £3 million.

In the capital, Knightsbridge in Westminster is the only place in the UK with an average asking price exceeding £3 million, with Kensington (£2,061,303) and Chelsea (£1,774,700) scooping second and third places respectively.

As the horse racing fraternity gets ready to descend on Royal Ascot, Rightmove has revealed that the Berkshire town is the tenth most expensive place to buy outside London.

The average asking price in Ascot is £843,700, more than double the national average of £308,290.

Virginia Water in Surrey is the UK’s most expensive town, however, with an average asking price of £1,436,631. Coming in second place is Radlett in Hertfordshire with an average asking price of £1,125,671.

Bucks Free Press:

A house in Beaconsfield listed by Ashington Page for £2.25m

Top ten most expensive places to buy in the country, excluding London, and the average asking price (May 2019)

  1. Virginia Water £1,436,631
  2. Radlett £1,125,671
  3. Beaconsfield £1,065,853
  4. Cobham £1,034,542
  5. Esher £986,396
  6. Weybridge £980,968
  7. Gerrards Cross £921,305
  8. Chalfont St. Giles £915,444
  9. East Moseley £873,352
  10. Ascot £843,700