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Home of Hellfire Caves, The Chairboys and most importantly, a drive thru Maccies.

“When there's no more room in hell , the dead will walk High Wycombe.”

~ George A Romero on High Wycombe

The town is famous for its chair-making traditions, which means most of the people would sit around all day drinking. Since the decline of sitting around all day, the chair industry has dwindled. Arthur J Sisterporker, the person who discovered what legs are for, is the patron amoeba of the town and there are 10 days a year set aside to celebrate his life's work. It is well known that one of the main reasons for the establishment of High Wycombe was to make Reading look better which it has but to a lesser degree than once hoped.

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Dinner recommendations?

Looking for some good pub food or anything highly recommended, thanks.

8 Comments
2024/08/29
18:47 UTC

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Getting Evicted early September/ Struggling to find Housing - High Wycombe

Hi I really hope someone can help me out here. I have a very close friend in a difficult situation. She is struggling to find housing for her family (she is the eldest daughter). She comes from a family of 6 and the only breadwinner is her dad. She has 3 younger sisters which can share rooms. Her dad makes around £45k per year(her mum doesnt work) and the only houses with 4 bedrooms that she finds are not accepting such a high number of tenants or they request minimum income of above £75k. Does anyone know how she can go about finding a place to rent? Should she lie and say she is not going to live there so that they pass as only 5 tenants ? Where should she look ? Is facebook better for finding private landlords as the agencies has a lot of conditions? Any help or input is highly appreciated.

2 Comments
2024/08/29
13:17 UTC

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Buses

Have bus stops changed in town do the buses still stop at frogmore if there going outbound from town?

3 Comments
2024/08/08
09:16 UTC

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Too few the poets

To whoever's been writing this, please just write: "Too few" -poets It carries the same message but allows me to read it as a reminder to enjoy the beautiful things in life

3 Comments
2024/07/18
18:32 UTC

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25 F

Anyone want to be friends? I don’t have any friends. Looking for other F my age (20s)

3 Comments
2024/07/04
05:02 UTC

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2 Comments
2024/06/18
22:12 UTC

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What is a reasonable budget for renters looking for a two bedroom flat with outside space in High Wycombe? Any advice for new residents?

We are looking for a two bedroom flat with parking and a balcony/outdoor space, in High Wycombe within 5 min walk of the station if possible. Looking on Zoopla and Rightmove and there aren’t that many on the market so it’s hard to get a good picture. We are looking to move in September from London.

Also interested in any advice for new residents wanting to settle into a new place.

2 Comments
2024/06/16
12:35 UTC

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Buying a flat in High Wycombe- can anyone recommend a surveyor?

The house has been converted by the property owner so that the top few floors are flats. The bank has done a survey in order to agree to lend me the mortgage but they haven’t done any proper checks to make sure the roof isn’t going to cave in or the electricals are properly installed. Can anyone make a recommendation of a fairly priced surveyor who is going to make this stressful process easy and who is thorough?

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2024/06/16
11:23 UTC

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anyone know whats up with detroit pizza kitchen on frogmoor?

i was really excited but it looks like it never opened idk

1 Comment
2024/06/15
15:35 UTC

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Good and not so good areas of High Wycombe

Hi, I am planning to move to High Wycombe from London due to a new job and the town is most conveniently placed. I’m looking to purchase a house/flat upon moving, could someone give me the inside track in terms of good, bad areas? Nice places and places to avoid etc. Thanks in advance!

22 Comments
2024/05/27
10:47 UTC

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Most Romantic Restaurant for an anniversary dinner

Hi all, please suggest a nice restaurant I could take my wife for our Anniversary dinner. Ta

1 Comment
2024/05/18
14:38 UTC

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Automatic to manual

Hi all, I’ve got an automatic license and want to switch to manual. Could anyone recommend an instructor for crash course and an instructor that will get me a test date?

2 Comments
2024/05/10
03:22 UTC

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Hiking 18 miles from Great Missenden to Cookham - via High Wycombe [4k video]

2 Comments
2024/03/28
19:09 UTC

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Eastern Dene Woods

Hi everyone I was interested in the history behind the woods behind eastern dene and who owns it. Does anyone have any Ideas??????

0 Comments
2024/03/24
16:23 UTC

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What community events are there for teens?

17M and have no friends so tryna build up my social life and want to make a change but I don’t get on with anyone in my school and Wycombe is a small area.

9 Comments
2024/03/15
16:32 UTC

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Hellfire cave filming

Anyone know what is being filmed there at the moment (3rd March)? Seems to be related signs for SW Base nearby.

0 Comments
2024/03/03
18:20 UTC

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I’m a teenage guy who has no friends or social life and looking for somewhere to make friends and to fill my time as I’m very bored when not at school. Where can I go and what hobby places are there?

17M and can’t find anything. Not on meet-up, not on insta or Facebook. I already play for an autistic football team but do want to try new hobbies to push myself out my comfortable zone and to acctually try to start to be happy again. Just someone to hangout with.

16 Comments
2024/02/22
15:33 UTC

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Nea survey

Hi looking for people from high Wycombe or Beaconsfield to answer this short survey for my a-level geography course Many thanks https://forms.office.com/e/s82WnwS38e

0 Comments
2024/02/16
16:56 UTC

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Thinking About starting an online Wycombe Blog/newspaper

I am thinking about starting my own online blog/newspaper and I am looking for any stories, advice or anything that may help me. Thanks

0 Comments
2024/02/04
15:03 UTC

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2024/01/29
10:00 UTC

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Wycombe Radio Compilation (ukjingles, 2014)

1 Comment
2024/01/16
12:24 UTC

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r/maidenhead is back open

Hello neighbours :)

r/maidenhead

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2024/01/15
23:18 UTC

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Make friends locally

How to make friends in high wycombe?

I don’t have any friends locally at all, I never stayed in touch with anyone at school or college as no one really liked me or wanted to be my friend, I’m not sure why 😢 maybe because I have autism? I never fit in and I feel like an odd one out. I’m finding it really hard to socialise and make friends MY AGE! I’m 24. Anyone else in the same boat who would like to be friends? Feel free to send me a friend request and DM on Facebook 🙂 or Snapchat which I use more - lambton.e

I already go to Mind groups which is ok but everyone is older than me and not really my types of friends, more like acquaintances I guess? They don’t have the same interests as me, I want someone who actually has A LOT in common with me so we can basically do everything we both like together and someone who I really connect with and can talk about anything like a sort of sister type best friend and definitely trustworthy/loyal please! I am mostly looking for female friends. I’ve only ever had bad experiences with guys! Only wanting 1 thing and not respecting my boundaries as friends. And a lot of fake people… unfortunately 😕

4 Comments
2023/12/28
21:43 UTC

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High Wycombe Driving Test Centre routes

I'm not sure if anyone has taken their test or will take their test in the new High Wycombe Test Centre, I'm interested in finding out what new routes there are. If anyone has any information on this please post here, as I'm taking my test soon. I had a change of plans and I now have to take my test earlier, so I have less time to prepare now.

0 Comments
2023/12/26
14:31 UTC

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Do you know any nicknames for areas/surrounding villages of High Wycombe?

If the town itself has famously been 'Higgy Wycomby', 'The Wyc' (okay that might just be me) or 'WhyCome'

10 Comments
2023/12/12
14:15 UTC

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Looking for friends

Hi I’m from High Wycombe I’ve lived here my whole live but I’ve always struggled to make friends at school and college they never stayed in touch with me either I feel so isolated and left out like everyone else has their friends but I don’t fit in 😞

6 Comments
2023/12/09
22:06 UTC

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Hey Highwycombe, Could Use Your Help! 📞

Hey everyone, Ruth here. I'm working with Re-engage and we're trying to help our older neighbors locally who could really use a friendly chat now and then. I've seen how a simple call can light up their day, and I think there must be lots of lovely people in the area that want to help out.

🔹 Here’s What I’m Asking:

Fancy a chat with an older mate 2-4 times a month?

If you've got a little time and a listening ear, please consider joining in. Honestly, it could mean the world to someone.

Interested or curious? Drop me a message or check out our Become a call companion: befriending service for older people (reengage.org.uk) for more info.

Thanks for hearing me out. Appreciate you all! 💜

0 Comments
2023/11/06
16:21 UTC

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