Waterside is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in the parish

Parish

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 of Chesham

Chesham

Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 11 miles south-east of the county town of Aylesbury. Chesham is also a civil parish designated a town council within Chiltern district. It is situated in the Chess Valley and surrounded by farmland, as well as...

, in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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, England

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. It is located in the town

Town

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 itself, though anciently referred to the group of dwellings next to the River Chess

River Chess

The River Chess is a chalk stream which springs from Chesham, Buckinghamshire and runs through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, in south-eastern England. The Chess, along with the Colne and Gade, gives rise to the name of the district of Three Rivers, in which it forms its confluence with the...

 in Chesham.

Waterside consists of a mixture of 19th century houses following the banks of the river Chess. The Metropolitan Line

Metropolitan Line

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 link between Baker Street

Baker Street tube station

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 and Chesham runs through this area. Local amenities include a newsagent (formerly a post office),a Sandwich bar,a Trophy shop,Fish and Chip shop and a swimming pool/fitness centre. There is also the Moor which is used amongst other things for sport. It also comprises several industrial units including a bottled water

Bottled water

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 producing factory (Nestlé

Nestlé

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Waters Powwow) situated on the former water cress/ trout farm site on Latimer road.

There is a local community school, Waterside County Combined. Which takes children from the age of 3 through to year 6.