About the Area for SilverDoor Serviced Apartments in High Wycombe

High Wycombe is a town in Buckinghamshire, 29 miles west-north-west of London. According to the 2001 census the High Wycombe urban area had a population of 118,229.

Wycombe is a combination of industrial and market town. There has been a market held in the High Street since Medieval times. There is also a craft market found in the Octagon shopping centre. The High Street, with a number of 18th and 19th century buildings, ends at the colonnaded Guildhall that was built in 1757 by Henry Keene and renovated in 1859. The small octagonal shaped Cornmarket opposite, known locally as the Pepper Pot, was rebuilt to designs by Robert Adam in 1761.

The town has always had a presence of industry, which in the 17th century exceeded the market town and now Wycombe remains more industrial in character. Wycombe was once renowned for furniture making (the town's football team is nicknamed the 'Chairboys') and furniture design remains an important element of the town's university, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College More recent industries in the town include the production of paper, precision instruments, clothing and plastics. Many of these are situated in an industrial area of the Cressex district, to the south west of the town centre. The two largest sites are those belonging to the companies Swan (tobacco papers, filters and matches) and Verco (office furniture) who until 2004 sponsored the local football team, Wycombe Wanderers.

An interesting and individual custom of High Wycombe is that it is the only place in the world that weighs its mayors. A traditional ceremony of the town since the medieval period, the mayor is weighed at the beginning and end of their serving year, in full view of the public to see whether or not they have gained weight at the taxpayers' expense. This custom is still in use, and the same weighing apparatus is used as in the 19th century.