High Wycombe, or Simply Wycombe, a Large Town in the English County of Buckinghamshire
High Wycombe, most often called simply Wycombe, is a large town, in fact, second largest town in the English County of Buckinghamshire, second only to Milton Keynes. It is a combination of industrial and market town, with furniture production a tradition. The High Street hosts a market in this town since the Middle Ages.
The manufacture of lace and linen cloth was the earliest industry in this town. Although the paper industry was also noted in the 17th and 18th Century, it was, however, overtaken by the cloth industry. Furniture making, especially Windsor chairs, is Wycombe’s most successful industry, and it came about in the 19th Century. Information on the town’s cloth and furniture industry including samples of the locally made chair is on display at the Wycombe Museum.
Food, Shopping and Accommodation in Wycombe
Wycombe has been recently subjected to a major restoration and development comprising of the rehabilitation of the town’s shopping centre including the completion of the new Eden Shopping Centre and the redevelopment of the Buckinghamshire New University by incorporating a new building and large student village along Queen Alexandra Road. A multi-million-pound hotel and a large block of flats were also built in the town centre. The town is home to fourteen hotels, nineteen B&Bs/inns and six other speciality lodgings such as converted farmhouses and cottages and camping and caravan parks.
Things to See and do in Wycombe
The Hellfire Caves is one of the most exciting attractions of Wycombe. It is a network of manmade caves which stretch out to a quarter of a mile underground. The caves are named after the notorious Hellfire Club with politicians, noblemen, and other high-ranking members of society as members. The Cub is said to have engaged in black magic, orgies and pagan rituals in these caves. There are also parks & gardens, working farms, museums, historic sites, churches and cathedrals, games and entertainment centres, a golf course, and theatres that are considered as tourist attractions of Wycombe.