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High Wycombe

Crest of High Wycombe.
Motto: "Industria ditat" "Industry enriches"

High Wycombe Guildhall, located at the end of the High Street
High Wycombe is located in Buckinghamshire
High Wycombe
High Wycombe
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population120,256 [1]
OS grid referenceSU867929
Destrict
Shire coonty
Region
KintraEngland
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Post tounHigh Wycombe
Postcode destrictHP10-15
Diallin code01494
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSooth Central
UK Pairlament
Wabsteidwww.wycombe.gov.uk
Leet o places
UK
Ingland
Buckinghamshire
51°37′43″N 0°44′54″W / 51.628661°N 0.748238°W / 51.628661; -0.748238Coordinates: 51°37′43″N 0°44′54″W / 51.628661°N 0.748238°W / 51.628661; -0.748238

High Wycombe (/ˌh ˈwɪkəm/),[2] often referred to as Wycombe, is a lairge toun in Buckinghamshire, Ingland. It is 29 mile (47 km) wast north wast o Charing Cross in Lunnon; this information is engravit on the Corn Market biggin in the centre o the town an aw. Accordin tae the 2011 census High Wycombe haes a population o 120,256 makkin it the seicont lairgest toun in the coonty o Buckinghamshire efter Milton Keynes. The High Wycombe Urban Aurie, the conurbation o which the toun is the laurgest component, haes a population o 133,204.

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High Wycombe is twinned wi:

References

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  1. "All UK Towns & Cities in Population Order (2011 Census)".
  2. "High Wycombe". Collins Dictionary. n.d. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

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