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High Wycombe
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town in Buckinghamshire, England
Key facts
- Population
- 75,814
- Os grid reference
- SU867929
- Unitary authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ceremonial county
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- HIGH WYCOMBE
- Postcode district
- HP10-15
- Dialling code
- 01494
- Police
- Thames Valley
- Fire
- Buckinghamshire
- Ambulance
- South Central
- Uk parliament
- Wycombe
- Website
- www .wycombe .gov .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Official name
- High Wycombe
- Country
- Kingdom of England
- Located in
- Buckinghamshire
- Population
- 120256
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Wycombe
- Official website
- www.wycombe.gov.uk
- Image
- High Wycombe Guildhall 2.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01494
Show 10 more facts
- postal code
- HP13
- Commons category
- High Wycombe
- topic's main category
- Category:High Wycombe
- twinned administrative body
- Kelkheim (Taunus)
- OS grid reference
- SU867929
- category of associated people
- Category:People from High Wycombe
- P8168
- circumhorizontal arc
- native label
- High Wycombe
- P12749
- Menhit
- category for people born here
- Q32405453
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe (/ˈwɪkəm/ WIK-əm), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is 29 miles (47 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, 13 miles (21 km) south-southeast of Aylesbury, 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Oxford, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Reading and 8 miles (13 km) north of Maidenhead.
According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, High Wycombe's built up area has a population of 127,856, making it the largest town in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire. The High Wycombe Urban Area, the conurbation of which the town is the largest component, has a population of 140,684. Part of the urban area constitutes the civil parish of Chepping Wycombe, which had a population of 14,455 according to the 2001 census – this parish represents that part of the ancient parish of Chepping Wycombe which was outside the former municipal borough of Wycombe. There has been a market held in the High Street since at least the Middle Ages. The market is currently held on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “High Wycombe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.