Stone is a large village providing a mixture of old and new properties, with an excellent Church Of England primary school, two public houses, a church, convenience store, petrol station and large park and playing field. Stone is located close to Aylesbury with its array of shopping centres, restaurants, bars, cinema, bowling alley, and grammar schools to mention a few. Access to London via rail can be found in Aylesbury town centre and at Thame & Haddenham Parkway. There is also a regular bus service between Aylesbury and Oxford via Thame that runs every half an hour.