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Latest High Wycombe hotel reviews
Pro
Near London, Den's kebab van, charity shops, Noodle Bar, t-shirt, market.
Con
Dull and boring
In a nutshell
A place I'll return to, but not for the city itself
SallyM Says: In Cardiff, they have a huge water feature outside the Millennium Centre, which takes the form of a steel tower with water cascading down it. This iconic monument has achieved even greater fame since it featured in the BBC TV series Torchwood as the entrance to the secret...
SallyM Says: Hughenden Manor is the former home of Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, which he bought in 1848. It is located a mile or two outside the town.The house has typical Victorian decor and one room is a museum relating to Disraeli. The display relating to Disraeli was...
SallyM Says: Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Benjamin Disraeli both made speeches at the Red Lion Hotel in Wycombe High Street. The lion now adorns what used to be Woolworth's* in the High Street.*Woolworth's is now occupied by Poundland and Iceland.
SallyM Says: The picturesque village of Bradenham, 4 miles north-west of High Wycombe is owned by the National Trust. Cottages cluster round a village green and cricket pitch, with a church and 17th century manor in the background.The manor house, which was the childhood home of Prime...
budapest8 Says: Halloween is never something we had as a child. Bonfire night, November 5th with fireworks was the big day.Now the shops want to sell more and stretch out Christmaseven further, so they can get people into the shops to buy more stuff.
budapest8 Says: I lived in High Wycombe for the first 6 years of my life, and my very first memoriesall came flashing back when I visited High Wycombe a few weeks ago for the 1st timein 45 years.My absence from Britain for 3 years made the return more nostalgic, and every year as I get...
SallyM Says: The location (above a butcher's shop at a busy crossroads) is not ideal, but if you can avoid looking out of the window at the petrol station opposite, Santorini manages to provide a good Greek ambience. They provide a traditional greek menu of items such as dolmades,...
SallyM Says: Eat Thai is a very good Thai restaurant, located in an old building that was once a post office. Inside, the decor is contemporary.They offer a fusion menu and more traditional Thai dishes. Everything I have tried is excellent. My favourite starter is the corn cakes, and my...
Zara Essence Of Asia: Delicious and spectacular
Jenson_999 Says: The restaurant was just truly beautifully designed. The owners thought of every little detail. From the small little décor pieces, to the beautiful fish tank.The food is just delicious. The blend of spices was just magical.The waiters were really friendly and offered a...
EAMAYL and The Noodle Bar: Unusually blessed with two good good places to eat
sourbugger Says: Wycombe is unusually blessed with two very presentable Chinese restaurants facing each other near the middle of town.We took the lunchtime buffet in EAMAYL, which at only five pound fifty each was a bargain. Unusually it also included dessert.It took be a long time to get...
SallyM Says: Update March 2009. The former 'Noodle Bar' has changed its name to 'Noodle Nation' as they couldn't trademark the old name.This is literally a 'fast food' restaurant. You choose either soup noodles or stir fry noodles (there are several choices of noodle, which you can have...
SallyM Says: The old Wycombe bus station was dark, smelly and horrible. The new one is much nicer, with an enclosed waiting area with seating and departure monitors, where you do not get gassed by the diesel fumes. There is also a cafe.Bus routes round the Wycombe area are colour-coded...
Parking space near Swan Theatre
SallyM Says: At evenings and weekends the public can park in the Council Office staff car park (a right turn from Easton Street, by the Law Courts). This is a little-known car park and is never full. It is particularly convenient for Wycombe Swan, just across Queen Victoria Road. The...
Eden: Eden saw play! (well shopping, anyway)
SallyM Says: Eden is the new shopping centre in High Wycombe. It includes a brand new House of Fraser department store, Marks and Spencer, Jane Norman, Zara, River Island, Topman, H&M, Monsoon, La Senza, Principles, New Look, LK Bennett, Office and Gap, among many others.It may not be...
The Cottage Bookshop, Penn: Secondhand Book Heaven
SallyM Says: High Wycombe is not very well provided with bookshops. There is a standard Waterstone's and a bargain book/art shop and that is about it. But a few miles away in the village of Penn is a very special secondhand bookshop. An incredible amount of books are crammed in to every...
SallyM Says: On the third Saturday of May, the incoming and outgoing Mayors, along with the Mayoresses (or Mayors' consorts) are weighed at a public ceremony in the town centre. Wycombe is the only town in the country to have this custom. It is believed to date back to medieval times,...
SallyM Says: Pann Mill is an old water mill that has been lovingly restored by the High Wycombe Society.There are occasional open days during the year when the mill will be working and grinding wholemeal flour, water levels permitting.It is located on the main A40 road into Wycombe from...
Rosie-o Says: The High Wycombe Cemetary, at the end of Shrubbery Rd (off Amersham Hill) is a peaceful place to chill out and relax. It is built on a slope and from the top you can see the whole of Wycombe (not so pretty), otherwise it is just an interesting place to wander around. Also a...
Elodie_Caroline Says: In 1991 we went to a school Christmas Bazaar at my sister's kids, Shane and Miranda's school. The rage of toy Trolls was back in fashion again at this time, it was like that back in the early 1970s, when I was at school too. All of the little kids were coming out of...
Elodie_Caroline Says: Yes, this is exactly what you think it is, it's a 'Sh!t cake'! My sister's husband, Simon, kindly made it for me for my 29th birthday. I did get a normal cake from him whilst we were in the pub, but when I went around to my sister's house the day after, this was awaiting...
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High Wycombe - posh name, crap town - The ancient Borough of High Wycombe was once an important settlement. It already had six work mills here by the time the Domesday Book was written. and it's borough status was formalised in the first...
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High Wycombe - the beginning of a new era?
I read in one travel guide to the UK that Wycombe is a depressing town where you may have to change buses. Well, I make no apologies for the old bus station, which was very depressing. But a shiny new...
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With a population of 162,108 people, 17,846 are of ages 15-24, 23,539 are of ages 25-35, in comparason to 19,952 of ages 60-74. The main age group of people is between 18-30, thus a fairly young...
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Wycombe - the worst town in the UK?
When I told Brits I was living and working in Wycombe, I generally received a look of utter pity ... Not quite London, not quite rural, it is a typical middle-of-the-road British town - complete with...
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One of the less exotic places I was sent to work for 18 months or so. Not a lot to be said really as it's a bit of a nothing town. There are some nice villages nearby with decent pubs. Although I...
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Once a quarter I have to attend a meeting in High Wycombe so unfortunately I only see a small bit of the town centre. The short bit I see from the railway station to the Wycombe Swan does not give the...
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