The Home Counties Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Home Counties of England, and since 2000 has been a designated ECB Premier League. It serves Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire.
The league consists of a First Division of ten clubs and a Division Two (East) and a Division Two (West), each of ten clubs, with promotion between Divisions and to and from the feeder leagues.
The league primarily serves the counties of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire. It has three feeder leagues, which cover narrower areas within the region:
- Cherwell Cricket League - Bedfordshire, North Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire
- Hertfordshire Cricket League - Hertfordshire
- Thames Valley Cricket League - Areas to the West of London, with teams coming from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire and Surrey
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