What is 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 station]]s with services to [[London]] and [[Birmingham]], [[England]]'s two largest [[city|cities]]. It is also a [[shop]]ping area. It has one of the largest shopping centres in England. The town is in the [[Chilterns]], an [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty|area of natural beauty]]. This makes it a [[tourism|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 [[sports|sporting venue]]. The venue has a large [[football (soccer)|football]] [[stadium]] and one of few [[Olympic Games|olympic]] size [[swim|swimming pools]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. The town has some colleges that offer quality education and several well-regarded [[primary school|grammar school]]s 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 .<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-06-23|title=High Wycombe Education|url=http://www.splashandsparkle.co.uk/high-wycombe-education/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-05|website=|language=en-US}}</ref> Notable residents past and present include: *[[Howard Jones]] *[[Jimmy Carr]] *[[Matt Dawson]] *[[Heston Blumenthal]] *[[Ian Dury]] == References == <references /> {{authority control}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.wycombe.gov.uk Wycombe District Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205023624/http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/ |date=2009-12-05 }} [[Category:Towns in Buckinghamshire]]