Good morning, Wycombe!
Mid-way through July and I know I’m not the only one braced for the oncoming freight train that is The Summer Holidays™️. I’ve already started stockpiling snacks like we heading for a siege.
Before the mayhem hits, here's what's brightening up Wycombe this week:
🎭 Live theatre returns to The Front Room
🔔 A soothing Mummy & Me sound bath
🌳 New talk dives into the Chilterns’ natural heritage
Plus sushi and wine, the Rotary Club centenary, an open garden, the English Guitar Orchestra and much more.
🧖 Chiltern Sauna Circle | Wood-Fired Sauna in Beaconsfield 🌿
Switch off, warm up, and reset — right here in the Chilterns.
Tucked away at Penn Meadow Farm, Chiltern Sauna Circle is the real thing: a proper wood-fired sauna, a copper forest shower to cool off under, and a snug bell-tent warm room to linger in afterwards.
It's heat, nature, and a slow hour that leaves you feeling like a new person — no traditional spa trip required. Since launching in May, it's fast becoming a favourite local escape.
🔥 Community Sessions — 1-hour drop-in, £22.50pp
Fridays from 3:45pm | Saturdays & Sundays from 9am
🎉 Saunabrations — your own private sauna hire
Hen dos, birthdays, or just a proper catch-up with friends. The sauna, shower, warm room and outdoor space, exclusively yours — from £120/hour for up to 10 (just £12pp!)
🌙 Summer Events Programme
✨ Restorative Reset: Wander & Warmth — 19 Jul, £45
🌿 Summer Botanicals Sauna Ritual — 25 Jul & 23 Aug, £45
🌕 Full Moon Saunas — 29 Jul, 28 Aug & 25 Sep, £35
🧘 Sauna & Yin Yoga — 13 Sep, £45
Whether it's your weekly wind-down or a full-moon evening to remember, there's a spot here with your name on it.
Editor’s Highlights
📍 The Front Room | 📅 Sat 18th July, 7.30pm
Shakespeare's classic comedy brought to life by The Whole Pack, an all-female company — Rosalind, Orlando and the Forest of Arden come to Castle Street in this joyful production.
📍 Wycombe Museum | 📅 Sun 19th July, 1pm
Stuart King brings ancient Chiltern woodland to life in this free illustrated talk exploring the archaeology, wildlife and long history hidden within our local beechwoods.
📍 Peterley Manor Farm | 🗓️ Sun 19th July, from 12pm
Fire-cooked BBQ, live music and a lazy Sunday afternoon on the farm. Fresh seasonal produce straight from the outdoor grill. No ticket needed — but booking a table’s a good shout.
📍 Wycombe Swan | 📅 Wed 22nd–Sun 26th July
The international smash hit returns to Wycombe — the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to remix 500 years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of girl power. Tony Award-winning, West End sell-out.
📍 Adams Park | 🗓️ Sat 18 Jul, 12–5pm
The Rotary Club of High Wycombe marks 100 years with a free community day at Adams Park — showcasing local charities, businesses, sports clubs and associations, with a stage and refreshments.
🧘🏻♀️ Wellness Moments
🌳 Hampden House Open Garden
📍 Great Hampden | 🗓️ Today, 2–4:30pm
Explore the grounds of this Grade I listed house — with formal lawns, sweeping valley views, an 18th century icehouse in the woodland and the newly renovated medieval St Mary Magdalene Church.
🔔 Gong Bath with Shinrin of Sound
📍 Penn Street Village Hall | 🗓️ Fri 17th July, 5:30pm or 7:20pm
Immerse yourself in the healing vibrations of six gongs in this sound meditation.
🌿 Mummy & Me Yoga & Crystal Sound Bath
📍 Flow Marlow | 🗓️ Wed 22nd July, 10.30am
Postnatal yoga flows into a crystal singing bowl sound bath. Babies are welcome throughout: feed, cuddle and soothe as needed, no expectations.
🎵 Gong Bath Sound Meditation
📍 Marlow Bottom | 🗓️ Sun 19th July, 6.45pm
An evening of deep relaxation with the healing vibrations of the gongs washing over you — a gentle, restorative way to unwind.
🎭 The Hazlemere Players Are Back This Weekend With Party Piece 🎉
Picture it: a house-warming party, two sets of fancy-dress-clad neighbours who absolutely cannot stand each other, and a garden about to descend into chaos. What could possibly go wrong?
Everything. Everything goes wrong. That's the fun of it.
Party Piece is the Hazlemere Players' latest production — a laugh-out-loud farce, staged by a brilliant bunch of local am-dram regulars who've been rehearsing every Tuesday to bring you this chaos.
Think misunderstandings, mayhem, and a lot of laughs.
🎭 Party Piece by Richard Harris
📅 Fri 17th & Sat 18th July, 8pm
📍 Hazlemere Community Centre, Rose Ave, HP15 7UB
🎟️ £10 a ticket
A brilliant excuse to get out this weekend — and back some proper local talent while you're at it.
Two nights only, so don't dither.
🎨 Get Creative
🎭 Summer Sunday Adult Workshops
📍 Fitworks Gym, Beaconsfield | 🗓️ Sunday 19 July, 10am–4pm
Dance, sing and act your way through the summer with Infinity Performing Arts — from Hollywood golden era routines to modern pop. All levels and genders welcome.
🎨 The Art of Urban Sketching: Food and Drink
📍 Patch | 🗓️ Weds 22nd July, 6:30pm
Ever wanted to capture a scene in a sketchbook but didn't know where to start? Local artist Rory Neary runs these sketching sessions for all abilities — this one’s all about food and drink.
🌸 Girls Night Out
📍 Rosie's Petal Patch | 🗓️ Fri 18th July, 5–9pm
Paint a pot, pick your own jam jar of flowers, and sip a complimentary drink among the blooms — plus a cocktail bar and permanent jewellery from Evie on hand for the night.
🌿 Free Composting Workshop
📍 Back Lane Allotments, Wycombe Marsh | 🗓️ Mon 20th July, 6pm
A free beginner-friendly workshop from Grow Together Bucks — learn to turn kitchen scraps into compost gold for your garden.
🔍 Family Fun Finder
🌱 Little Farmers – Summer Edition
📍 Peterley Manor Farm | 🗓️ 17 Jul–17 Aug
Farm-themed messy play for toddlers and young children — mud kitchens, paint stations, water play and sensory trays in the Barn Kitchen Garden.
🧺 West Wycombe Community Picnic
📍 West Wycombe Hill (by the school) | 🗓️ Sun 19th July, 12pm
Bring your own picnic and soak up the views from West Wycombe Hill with your neighbours!
📚Tiny Talk Time
📍 Wycombe Museum | 📅 Fri 17th July, 10am
Stories, crafts and museum fun for 2–5 year olds, with each session themed around a different story, rhyme or song.
☕ Family Catch-up Café at St Anne's
📍 St Anne's Church, London Road | 🗓️ Sat 18th July, 10am–12pm
A free drop-in morning for all the family — toys, stories, craft activities, tea and cake.
📖 The new issue of High Wycombe Life magazine is out now — pick up a copy from Patch, the Eden information desk, or Wycombe Arts Centre. They're also after local volunteers to help with distribution: a box of 130 magazines dropped straight to your door, delivered through letterboxes in your own time over a fortnight, three times a year. Fancy it? Drop Heather a line at hello@hwlife.co.uk.
🎉 Entertainment
💎 Treasury Tour
📍 Waddesdon Manor | 🗓️ Today, 11.15am
A peek inside the extraordinary Rothschild Treasury. Over 300 rare and precious objects — from a 1st-century Roman cameo of Augustus’ grandson to jewellery gifted by Queen Victoria.
🚗 The Big Meet 2026
📍 The Walled Garden | 📅 Sat 18th July, 10am–4pm
A charity motor vehicle show raising money for Men with Machines CIC and Bucks Mind — admire the machines, and enjoy the licensed café and trade stalls.
🐄 Adults Farm Night at Odds Farm Park
📍 Odds Farm Park | 🗓️ Fri 17th July, 6–10pm
An adults-only night of live music, silent disco, animal feeding, tractor rides, mini golf, soft play and marshmallow toasting at the farm after dark.
🔥Wild Feast: Will Rhys Hamer
📍 Oxmoor Farm | 📅 Sat 18th July, 5pm–9:30pm
An outdoor four-course open-fire feast by chef Will Rhys Hamer of The Wilder Kitchen. Expect food rooted in nature, fire and the landscape.
Quiz Nights
Belle Vue | Tonight | 8pm
The Crown Penn | Tonight | 7.30pm
Community Notes
🌿 Wilding Women
📍 Funges Meadow | 📅 Wed 22nd July, 5pm
A free women-only outdoor session for connection, conservation and nature, led by female Rangers from Chiltern Rangers CIC. No experience needed — just come along and enjoy the outdoors.
🗓️ Dates for your Diary
🐍 Slithering Secrets of Wycombe
📍 Mad Squirrel | 🗓️ Thurs 30th July
Dive into the mysterious world of Wycombe's folklore with Mark & Stevyn — featuring a new documentary about the legendary Wycombe Wyrm and the stories, legends and wyrd vibes woven into our local landscape. Free.
🎡 Summer Family Fun Day
📍 Magnolia Park | 🗓️ Sun 2nd Aug
A family fun day packed with inflatables, pony rides, go karts, craft stalls, a BBQ and a live DJ.
The Wycombe Wordle
Six guesses. Five letters. One Wycombe connection. Let me know if you get it!
🟩 Right letter, right spot
🟨 Right letter, wrong spot
⬜ Not in the word
That’s a wrap for this week’s Pulse!
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