Car Hire High Wycombe - Mini guide to High Wycombe

Set in the Wycombe Chilterns, officially an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, High Wycombe boasts a wealth of entertainment and shopping facilities for visitors. The surroundings are rural and contain some of the most breathtaking scenery in the country, including many historic places of interest.

The High Street is typically Georgian with the Guildhall at the western end, and is the site where the unique weighing-in ceremony for mayors has been held since medieval times. Opposite the Guildhall is the Little Market House, locally known as the Pepperpot. The statue of the red lion in the street marks the spot where Churchill and Disraeli both gave speeches, and the centrally located All Saints parish church offers a fine example of 11th century architecture.

On a fair day, a reasonable walk north of the town will find you at Hughenden Manor, a Victorian gothic house which was home to former Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. On the driveway to the manor house is the church of St Michaels which is home to a memorial erected by Queen Victoria in memory of Disraeli.

Most high street names are represented in High Wycombe’s High Street shopping area, as are many well-known restaurant chains. But if you are looking for something a little more unusual, why not visit ‘The Retreat’ which is a cosy log cabin café at Wycombe Summit Ski Centre just east of The Rye. The ski centre is home to Britain’s longest dry-ski run.

A short drive away at Wycombe Air Park, in nearby Booker, is the Blue Max Collection, home to some classic aircraft which have appeared in many famous movies including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and The Battle of Britain. While out of the town centre, why not take in some of the surrounding scenic villages particularly Fingest, just across the M40 from High Wycombe, which has a flint church and a windmill. High Wycombe is conveniently located on the M40 motorway north of London, making Heathrow airport less than an hour’s drive via the M25 with daily flights to many European and international destinations. Trains depart twice-hourly from London Marylebone station (duration: 30 mins).