Good morning, Wycombe!
The fans are on full blast, the paddling pool’s out, and I’ve booked in an emergency pedicure. That’s right — the UK’s latest Preposterous Heatwave™️ has landed.
Plenty of cool stuff on this week to keep you out of the freezer aisle…
🛝 20% off Pirates Landing soft play in June
🥋 A women’s self-defence workshop
🍔 Street food night returns
Plus the BNU Art Show, a meditation circle, neurodiverse drawing workshop, wine tastings, and loads more.
Editor’s Highlights
📍 Tom Burt's Hill | 🗓️ Tonight, 7:30pm
Chiltern Rangers lead a free evening walk exploring wildlife, local history, geology and legend — with two start points to suit different abilities.
📍 Hilltop Community Centre | 📅 Sun 28th June, 9am-5pm
A relaxed day of yoga, Pilates, breathwork, meditation, workshops and 1-to-1 time with practitioners. Plant-based lunch and herbal teas included. Book here.
📍 B'Hive Café & Bar | 📅 Sat 27th June, 11am
Learn practical, easy-to-remember moves and pad work in a supportive space. No fear factor, just confidence building.
📍 Oxmoor Farm | 📅 Fri 26th June, 10am–1pm
A local botanist leads a gentle stroll through meadows and ancient woodland — wild summer flowers, native lime trees and the mysterious Iron Age Grim's Ditch — before lunch at The Barn. Flat, pushchair-friendly and open to all ages.
📍 Brunel Engine Shed | 🗓️ Fri 26 June – Wed 1 July
Bucks New University opens its free annual Art & Design Summer Show of final year work — fine art, photography, fashion, interiors, textiles, digital work, large-scale installations and more. A brilliant chance to see fresh creative talent on your doorstep.
🧘🏻♀️ Wellness Moments
🧠 MenSnap
📍 Patch | 📅 Mon 29th June, 7pm
A supportive men's group that uses photography to explore mental health, led by a psychotherapist and photographer.
🧘 Meditation Circle with Room 478
📍 The Yurt, Peterley Manor Farm | 📅 Fri 26th June, 6.30pm
Mindfulness teacher Kelly leads an evening of breathing exercises, guided meditation, optional journaling, tarot/angel cards, and herbal teas.
✨Mid-Year Manifesting, Goal Setting & Vision Boarding
📍 The Front Room | 📅 Sat 27th June, 10.30am
Halfway through 2026 — time to take stock and reset. Join Active Mindfulness for a fun, psychology-backed session on goal-setting and vision-boarding. Leave with your own board and a clear plan for the second half of the year.
🔔 Gong Bath Sound Healing
📍 Flackwell Heath Community Centre | 🗓️ Sun 28th June, 7pm
A deeply immersive sound healing session with Phoebe Winter Sound — the perfect way to unwind and reset.
🧘 Yoga Brunch Club
📍 Peterley Manor Farm | 📅 Sun 28th June, 9am
A 75-min vinyasa flow and sound relaxation with Sarah from Yogahimsa, followed by a nutritious brunch by Barn Kitchen chef Katy.
🎨 Get Creative
🎨 Neurodiversity & the Creative Mind: Experimental Drawing Workshop
📍 Patch | 📅 Sat 27th June, 10am
A neurodivergent-friendly drawing workshop from Neuroverse Artist Collective — explore mark making and sensory engagement in response to sculptor Christopher Kelly's work.
🧵Clothing Embroidery Creative Session
📍 Patch | 📅 Tues 30th June, 7pm
Bring a denim jacket, jeans or cotton tee and Create Your Happy will guide you through embroidery stitches to make it your own — homemade refreshments included.
🏺 Clay Club
📍 B'Hive | 🗓️ Tues 30th June, 7pm
A fun night of pottery-making and socialising — make and decorate your own bowl, cup or plant pot out of clay.
🥁 Drum Birthing Day
📍 Whiteleaf Yurt, Oxmoor Farm | 🗓️ Sun 28th June, 10am–5pm
Craft your own birch hoop frame drum — guided by Anna through a full day of drum journeying, making and a closing sacred drum circle.
🌿Home Design Talk: Outdoor Living
📍 John Lewis | 📅 Sat 27th June, 11am
John Lewis Home Design Stylists share inspiration for your outdoor space — furniture, accessories and insider tips to help you create a tranquil summer oasis.
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🔍 Family Fun Finder
👽 Alien-Making Family Crafts Drop-In
📍 Downley Community Centre | 🗓️ Sat 27th June, 2–3:45pm
Join artists Jane Peacock & Lian Chan for some alien-making fun at this free family drop-in, inspired by the 'Truth or Folly' Exhibition at Wycombe Museum.
🗡️ The Sword in the Stone
📍 Black Park Country Park | 📅 Sat 27th June, 3pm (gates 2pm)
An outdoor performance of the classic Arthurian tale with lashings of audience participation. Suitable for all ages.
🎨Tiny Tots Messy Session
📍 Christ the Servant King Church | 📅 Tues 30th June, 9.15–11am
Get stuck in with painting, shaving foam, jelly play and more — pop the little ones in clothes you don't mind getting messy, then wind down with snack and story time to finish.
🎡 Summer Fayre
📍 Hazlemere C of E School playground | 🗓️ Sat 27th June, 12–2:30pm
A family-filled afternoon with BBQ, licensed bar, inflatable assault course, games and performances by the children — open to families from any school.
💙 SEND Café – Wycombe Wanderers Foundation
📍 Adams Park Stadium | 🗓️ Tues 30th June, 10am-12pm
A welcoming, informal space for parents, carers and professionals to connect and access SEND and education advice. No need to book — free.
🎪 Summer Fete
📍 St Teresa's Catholic Church, Beaconsfield | 🗓️ Sat 27th June, 10:30am–3pm
A fun family day with food, drinks, crafts, tombolas, gifts, plants and children's games — all raising funds for The Leonard Cheshire Children's Home in Mongu, Zambia. Free entry.
Entertainment
🎮 Catch 22 Jams: Thirty Years of Nintendo 64
📍 The Front Room | 🗓️ Sat 27th June, 7pm
Celebrate 30 years of the N64 with a live band reimagining iconic game music. Arcade games available to play all night.
🎉 Oxmoor's 5th Birthday Party
📍 Oxmoor Farm | 📅 Sat 27th June, 6pm–11:30pm
Party at the farm — three bars serving local Rebellion beers, cocktails and organic wines, two live-fire grills, live music and a DJ spinning late into the evening.
🎸 Far Out Sessions feat. The Kut
📍 The Front Room | 🗓️ Tonight, 7.30pm
An intimate, acoustic live music night headlined by The Kut.
🎼 The Marlow Orchestra – Summer Pub Concert
📍 The King's Head, Little Marlow | 🗓️ Tonight, 7:30pm
A special evening of live orchestral music featuring beloved film and cinema themes.
Quiz Nights
Mad Squirrel | Tonight | 8pm
JB’s Bar & Cafe | Fri 26th June | 7.45pm
Belle Vue | Tonight | 8pm
Sports & Activities
🏃The Downley 5K
📍 Downley Common | 📅 Sun 28th June, 10.30am
Run the Downley 5K in aid of Downley School PTA and local charities — all abilities welcome. Register on the Common from 9.30am.
Community Notes
🏊 Good news for the Lido
The future of Wycombe Rye Lido is now secure: GLL — the charitable enterprise behind Better leisure centres — is taking over the lease from early July, protecting customers and staff, and will be in touch with members soon about the switch. The Fusion app has stopped taking bookings but you can book by phone, with walk-ins welcome on a first-come first-served basis in this interim period. ☀️
🧘 Yoga & Sound Meditation — Fundraiser for Gaza
📍 Flow Marlow | 🗓️ Fri 26th June, 6pm
Marlow Palestine Solidarity hosts a fundraising evening in support of the World Food Programme's Gaza Fund — including a yoga class, sound meditation and time to connect over refreshments.
🗓️ Dates for your Diary
🎵 Wycombe Chamber Choir: Summer Fayre
📍 St Lawrence's Church, West Wycombe | 🗓️ Sun 5 July
Wycombe Chamber Choir perform a fun summer afternoon of unaccompanied choral music, in aid of the Amatelaz Homework Centre in Mutare, Zimbabwe.
🎉 Lighthouse Live Summer Spectacular
📍 St Michael's Church, Hughenden | 🗓️ Sun 12th Jul, 3–4:30pm
A free afternoon for children packed with games, craft and celebration — finishing with a BBQ. Sign up in advance so they can plan numbers.
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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