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Transforming High Wycombe Town Centre

By Chandler Garvey
2nd April 2025

High Wycombe is undergoing an exciting transformation, with significant investment breathing new life into the town centre. From the arrival of new stores and activities in the Eden Centre to the renovation works in White Hart Street , these changes are set to enhance the town's vibrancy and economic prospects.

A Town on the Rise

The Eden Centre, a key shopping and leisure destination, continues to attract top retailers, adding to the town’s appeal for shoppers and visitors alike. Beyond retail, investment in repurposing vacant commercial buildings is giving these spaces a new lease of life, ensuring they contribute positively to the town’s economy rather than remaining underutilized.

The Bigger Picture

This investment is part of a broader effort to rejuvenate High Wycombe, making it a more attractive place to live, work, and visit. By encouraging businesses to set up shop and transforming neglected spaces the town is embracing a future of growth and opportunity.

Michael Garvey recently explored this topic in High Wycombe Life magazine, highlighting how High Wycombe is changing in the years ahead.

Read the Full Article

For a deeper dive into the investment shaping High Wycombe, read Michael Garvey’s full article in the latest edition of High Wycombe Life magazine.

  • The year 2024 was a period of great activity in the town centre.  The White Hart Street realm works finally started, Primark opened in Eden, as did the TeamSport go-karting track on the upper floors of the same building, and Clip’n Climb close by.  The refurbishment/redevelopment of Tesco started, and for the first time in years there are virtually no vacancies in the shopping centre.

    We’re lucky in Wycombe; you’d have to travel an hour away to find an experiential offer to rival Eden, with it’s mix of over 100 shops, restaurants, cinema, bowling, go-karting, climbing venue and soon Jungle Mania soft play.  More in the pipeline as well!

    2025 should see more change, with significant planning decisions expected on the Dandara development in Frogmore and the Morphuse scheme on Octagon Parade.  There’s clearly a tension between protecting and enhancing retail space, and building more apartments, but town centre’s need to be vibrant and ultimately it doesn’t matter where the vibrancy comes from.  Markets tend to decide what should be built, influence of course by Government policies, but a closed mind to development contributes to stagnation and you only have to visit one of the countless seaside towns to see what stagnation does for vibrancy.

    - Michael Garvey, High Wycombe Life Magazine, Spring 2025

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