West Wycombe Village

West Wycombe is a historic village with bags of charm. Its streets are lined with cottages and inns of varying architectural styles, dating from the 16th century through to the 18th century.

Explore the village and then make your way up West Wycombe Hill for breathtaking views over the surrounding Chilterns countryside and designed landscape of West Wycombe Park and village.

People have lived on West Wycombe Hill for thousands of years. The earliest known settlement was Iron Age, dating from the 4th or 5th century BC.

Then, the Saxon village of Hæferingdune – later known as Haveringdon – subsequently existed there in some form for several hundred years. 

Many of the cottages on the modern-day site of West Wycombe date back to the 16th and 17th centuries. This is when the timber for the frames came from the nearby Chiltern woods and bricks were baked in local kilns using clay dug from the hills. 

In the 18th century, some buildings were updated – although much of their original brick and flint construction is still visible – while new examples of Queen Anne and Georgian architecture sprung up around them.

National Trust walk 1 mile – https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordshire-buckinghamshire-berkshire/west-wycombe-park-village-and-hill/west-wycombe-trail