High Wycombe
High Wycombe is a large town in south Buckinghamshire. It has a population of about 175,000 people. The town is the largest town in Buckinghamshire. High Wycombe is the central hub for south Buckinghamshire and parts of Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire. It has central bus and railway stations with services to London and Birmingham, England's two largest cities. It is also a shopping area. It has one of the largest shopping centres in England. The town is in the Chilterns, an area of natural beauty. This makes it a tourist location. It has a museum, a regional theatre, a tourist information centre and two National Trust properties within three miles of the town centre. It is also a sporting venue. The venue has a large football stadium and one of few olympic size swimming pools in the United Kingdom. The town has some colleges that offer quality education and several well-regarded grammar schools as well as Wycombe Abbey, a famous private girls school. Some of the top-rated scholls in High Wycombe are Highcrest Academy, Amersham & Wycombe College, John Hampden Grammar School, Royal Grammar School and Wycombe High .[1]
Notable residents past and present include:
High Wycombe Media
A map of High Wycombe from 1945
River Wye near Wooburn Industrial Estate
The former High Wycombe Town Hall of 1904, now part of the Wycombe Swan theatre complex.
Map of High Wycombe Built-up area with subdivisions and local authority boundaries
Municipal Offices, Queen Victoria Road, opened 1932.
Gateway Building, Buckinghamshire New University.
High Wycombe Eden bus station in July 2009
Park & ride in July 2009
High Wycombe railway station in February 2015
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References
- ↑ "High Wycombe Education". 2019-06-23. Retrieved 2020-09-05.