High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe as late as 1911) is a town in South Buckinghamshire, England. It is 29 miles west-north-west of London; this figure is engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town. According to the 2001 census the High Wycombe urban area had a population of 118,229, making it the largest town in the shire county of Buckinghamshire now that Milton Keynes is a unitary authority, and the second largest in the ceremonial county. High Wycombe is mostly an unparished area in the Wycombe district. Part of the urban area constitutes a civil parish of Chepping Wycombe, which had a population of 14,455 according to the 2001 census - this parish represents that part of the ancient parish of Chepping Wycombe which was outside the former municipal borough of Wycombe. 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 town centre (revamped at the beginning of the nineties), consists of arcades and many brand name shops. There are two shopping centres: the Octagon centre which spreads from the High Street under the Abbey Way flyover to Newlands Car park, and the Chilterns centre, which is located in the Frogmoor area of central Wycombe. 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 large parish church of All Saints[6] was founded in 1086 but enlarged in the 18th Century and extensively restored in 1889. There is a large well-equipped theatre, the Wycombe Swan, which hosts many acts and shows prior to or following the West End. More on High Wycombe 

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