Good morning, Wycombe!
Don’t mind me; I’ve just spent the better part of an hour headfirst in the washing machine in an attempt to rid of it of the seemingly hundreds of unidentifiable “seeds” my 6-year old filled her pockets with at forest school. Slightly nervous they’ll start sprouting come next spring.
There’s plenty to distract from domestic bliss this week:
😎 Tinie Tempah is headed to Wycombe
🍔 Street food night is here
🦢 First Friday’s back…
Let’s crack on.
Bucks Revival at The Venue, Bucks
Saturday 17 October | 10pm–3am | Last entry 1am
Bucks Students Union, High Wycombe HP11 2JZ
One of Bucks’ biggest nights is back, and it’s kicking off with a household name.
Yes, really. Tinie Tempah is giving us a full live set, right here in Wycombe. Expect "Pass Out", "Frisky", "Written in the Stars", "Miami 2 Ibiza" and "Girls Like" — all the ones you know every word to. Tinie’s got seven No.1s and a few BRITs under his belt, so the setlist writes itself.
🎟️ General entry £15 + booking fee (early birds have already sold out)
🎓 Free for BNU students with valid student ID
🪪 Strictly 18+, physical ID only
📍 Bag searches on entry
Tickets are selling quickly. Get the group chat on it now 🎤
Editor’s Highlights
📍 Desborough Recreation Ground | 🗓️ Sun 27th Sept, 10am
Wellies on for a free stream-dipping session in High Wycombe's globally rare chalk stream.
📍 Wycombe Swan Theatre | 🗓️ Mon 28th Sept – Sat 3rd Oct
The 2024 Olivier Award-winning musical — a true WWII story of a corpse, forged papers and a young Ian Fleming. Look out for my review next week!
📍 Wycombe Museum | 🗓️ Sun 27th Sept, 1pm
A playful drawing workshop in the garden with local artist Jane Peacock, inspired by the Truth or Folly exhibition. Age 14+, all levels welcome.
📍 The Front Room | 🗓️ Sat 26th Sept, 7pm
A jazz reimagining of Stevie Wonder's classic "Songs in the Key of Life", with board games on hand throughout.
📍 Magnolia Park | 🗓️ Sun 27th Sept, 11.30am–2.30pm
A tail-wagging day out for dachshunds and their humans — stalls, photographer, raffle, bar and food, plus room to roam.
🧘🏻♀️ Wellness Moments
Psalms & Stretches | Holy Trinity Church, Prestwood | Sat 26th Sept, 10am
Full Moon Sauna Session | Penn Meadow Farm | Fri 25th Sept, 7.30pm
Meditation Circle with Room 478 | Peterley Manor Farm | Fri 25th Sept, 6:30pm
Harvest Full Moon Gong Bath | Flackwell Heath Community Centre | Sun 27th Sep, 7pm
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🔍 Family Fun Finder
🌝 Moon Festival Storytime & Craft
📍 High Wycombe Library | 🗓️ Sat 26th Sept, 11am
Children's author Lucy Tandon Copp reads her book "A Love as Full as the Moon", followed by a play-dough mooncake craft.
🦸 Super Dad Saturdays
📍 Tylers Green Methodist Church | 🗓️ Sat 26th September, 9.30–11.30am
Dads, grandads, stepdads and other father figures with children aged 0–5 are welcome. Free (text Rachel on 07795 052244 for more info).
🦸 Dads Playgroup
📍 St Thomas's Church, Holtspur | 🗓️ Sun 27th Sept, 10am–11:30am
A relaxed morning of play and crafts for dads and other male carers with children up to 5, breakfast bap and hot drink included for the grown-ups. Pay what you can
🦢👑 First Friday Is Back — And It’s Ready To Ruffle Some Feathers
We hear the swan’s stirring again…
First Friday returns to the town centre on 2nd October — different night, same easy shape: live music, somewhere to sit, people to bump into.
Pop in for some golden hour magic and see where the night takes you. Shaking tail feathers optional.
📅 Friday 2nd October, 5–7pm
📍 Starting at the Guildhall, High Street
🎟️ Free — no ticket needed
Stay a little longer. Leave a little later.
Council Catch-Up
🚌 Local Transport Plan 5 adopted — Full Council adopted LTP5 on 16th September, setting Bucks' long-term transport priorities. The Wycombe bit: contactless tap-on, tap-off bus fares across different operators will be trialled in the High Wycombe SMARTzone first, no date yet. The evidence behind it won't surprise anyone — the Wycombe, A404 and Marlow area is named as one of the worst spots in the county for traffic delays, and by 2045 the A404 up to Hazlemere is forecast to be approaching or over capacity at peak times.
🎨 High Wycombe Community Board updates — draft minutes from this month's Community Board are out. Two projects are moving: a "listening bench" to encourage people to sit and talk at BNU's Wycombe campus, and Wycombe Journeys, six public-art panels for the bus station.
🏗️ In the Planning inbox:
Bright Young Things tuition centre on Castle Street could become a shop — the application would turn 41–43 Castle Street into retail. Awaiting a decision.
Protective grille approved for the Guildhall's stained glass — Listed building consent was granted on 21st September to repair the bowing window on the west elevation and fit a black wire guard outside it. Councillors asked for it over vandalism fears.
Second go at a bigger HMO on Roberts Road — number 89, already a six-bed HMO, wants to be an 8-person one. The first attempt was refused in March and lost at appeal in June over the poor state of the garden outbuilding meant to serve as a common room. The new plans replace it with a garden room. Pending.
Shutter on the High Street — a retrospective bid to keep the shutter already installed at One Stop Phone and Vape, in the conservation area. The applicant's own heritage statement admits it has "a localised adverse visual effect" when down but argues the impact is limited. Pending.
Entertainment
🗣️ Spoken Word
📍 B'Hive | 🗓️ Sat 26th Sept, 2pm–4pm
An open-mic afternoon of stories, poems and performances for all ages — grab a drink and share your own words if you fancy it.
🎭 Charity Comedy Night
📍 St Andrew's Church | 🗓️ Tonight, 7pm
In aid of Growing Hope, the High Wycombe charity giving free therapy to local children and young people with additional needs. Headlined by comedian Paul Savage.
Community Notes
💙 SEND Café
📍 Adams Park | 🗓️ Tues 29th Sept, 10am
A welcoming, informal space for parents, carers and professionals to connect, share experiences and access advice around SEND and education. Free, no need to book.
🌿 Wildflower Plant Sale
📍 Chiltern Rangers Depot, Fennels Road | 🗓️ Sat 26th Sept, 10am–1pm
Pick up pollinator-friendly wildflower plants nurtured at the Chiltern Rangers' community nursery, with rangers on hand for planting advice.
🌍 Climate Cafe: The Double-Edged Sword of Plastics
📍 Patch | 🗓️ Tonight, 7.30pm
A focus on plastics and what can actually be done about them locally. Run by the Community and Climate Cafe, a group of Wycombe residents thinking through sustainability and the environment together. Free to attend, all welcome.
🚂 Chiltern Railways is now publicly owned — The operator that runs our line into Marylebone came under Great British Railways on Sunday, 30 years after it was privatised. The government says 25 extra services a day start in December, including half-hourly weekday trains between London and Birmingham, and from now on if your train's cancelled you can travel with another operator two hours either side at no extra cost.
Business News
New opening: OFFICE is coming back to Eden in the old Suit Direct unit at the end of October, exact date TBC. The hoardings are already up, and there's a QR code on them if you fancy a job.
New opening: James Griffiths — Steve Backshall's coach for the past 20 years — opens The Fitness Club at Magnolia Park on 5 October. It’s built around "Performance for life," with calisthenics, mobility coaching and strength classes for every ability. Padel courts, a Reformer Pilates studio, a sauna and hot tub are all pencilled in for 2027, and founder membership (from £100 a month, price-locked for good) is capped at 70 spots — check out magnoliapark.club for more info.
📅 Date for your Diary
⛪️ Talk: All Saints Church — From Stone Circle to Today
📍 Trinity United Reformed Church | 🗓️ Thu 1st Oct, 7:30pm
The story of All Saints Church and the town that grew up around it. Free to attend.
🎭 Dance in Opera - Family Workshop
📍 Garsington Studios | 🗓️ Sun 18 Oct
A playful family session for ages 5-11, led by choreographers exploring how stories can be told through movement. Free.
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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