What's on in Wycombe

Events listing for the Wycombe district including Marlow, Princes Risborough and High Wycombe.A PDF file of the What's on in Wycombe (WOW) print publication is available below but this web listing includes other events which may have missed the copy deadline for the printed brochure.The listing is updated regularly.

If you organise public events in the Wycombe district, you may find our event safety guide useful.

February

Saturday 4

Archaeological Finds Identification
Every year thousands of objects are found by members of the public. Ros Tyrell will identify your finds and record them on the Portable Antiquities website.
Cost: Free - just drop-in
Time: 2.00 - 4.00pm
Venue: Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe
Contact: For more information call Wycombe Museum on 01494 421 895 or visit Wycombe Museum

Sunday 5

Of Wildfowl and Waders
A flat circular walk for all the family around a large lake known for its variety of wildfowl and Winter visitors. Please bring binoculars if you have them. A spotting scope will be available for your use. Bring waterproofs and sturdy footwear. The track can get quite muddy. Approx 2.5 miles taking around 2.5 hours. This is a booking event.
Cost: £4 adult, £2 concessions £10 family ticket.
Time: 10.00am
Venue: Meet at Spade Oak Public Car Park, Coldmoorholm Lane, Nr Bourne End / Grid ref: 883 876.
Contact: For more information or to book your place, contact WDC Woodland Service on 01494 421 825; e-mail Woodland.Service@wycombe.gov.uk or visit Woodland Service

An Olympic Journey: From Sydney to London via Athens and Beijing
Katherine Grainger will be rowing in her fourth Olympics in 2012. She is already the first British female from any sport to win medals in three different Olympics. She talks about some of her experiences on that eventful journey.
Cost: £5.00 Concessions and under 17s £3.00. Book at Wycombe Museum (WLC applies)
Time: 3.00 - 4.15pm
Venue: Cressex Community School, Holmers Lane, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4QA
Contact: For more information and to book call Wycombe Museum on 01494 421 895 or visit Wycombe Museum

Wycombe Sinfonia Orchestra Children's Concert
Musical rides on horseback, by sleigh, train, plane, skates & more. Come dressed up for your chosen ride. Audience participation. Prizes to be won!
Cost: Adults £6.50 (£5 concessions), children £2.50, family £15 (2 Adults + 3 Children at door only).
Time: 3.30pm with the doors opening at 3.00pm
Venue: John Hampden Grammar School, Marlow Hill, High Wycombe.
Contact: Tickets from Wycombe Swan Theatre Tel: (01494) 512 000 & Tourist Office, Wycombe Library, Eden Centre

Tuesday 7

A Winter's Tale
Chalfonts Community College Students become theatre professionals with this production of A Winter's Tale. This re-written version of the well-known Shakespeare play is produced and performed exclusively by A-level students from the college who have taken on the roles of stage manager, lighting director, sound engineer and front of house manager as well as being actors, singers and dancers in the show itself. Unusually for a Shakespeare play, this production includes songs and music and, despite it being a tragedy, it has many comical highlights which will leave you feeling uplifted on a cold winter's night. All proceeds go to Thames Valley Adventure Playground.
Cost: Tickets £8.00 (£6 concessions)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Beacon Centre, Holtspur, Beaconsfield
Contact: Tickets from joeharvey@chalfonts.org or telephone 01753 881763

Skirmett Circular walk
Monthly walks for the 50+ Group with the WDC Woodland Rangers. Join them for a relaxing walk in the countryside. It would be helpful if you could ring to book a place just so that they know numbers for parking.
Cost: £2 per person per walk. This can be paid by cash to the Ranger on the day so there is no obligation to come if you book although obviously if you have booked but cannot come please let the Rangers know. Alternatively payment can be made at the tourist information centres in HW, Marlow or Princes Risborough.
Time: 10.00am start
Venue: Meet at The Frog in Skirmett
Contact: For more information or to book your place, contact WDC Woodland Service on 01494 421 825; e-mail Woodland.Service@wycombe.gov.uk or visit Woodland Service

Friday 10

Life beneath the surface
A talk by Peter Lapley on aquatic insects. The speaker is an amateur entomologist with a keen interest in aquatic fauna and author of several books on the subject. Event organised by Wycombe Wildlife Group and BBOWT (South Bucks)
Cost: £3 (Refreshments included)
Time: 8.00 - 10.00pm
Venue: St. Thomas' Church Hall, Mayflower Way, Holtspur, HP9 1UF.
Contact: 01494 676 091

Tiny Talk Time - Dancing Dragons
A special time at Wycombe Museum for the under fives. Enjoy stories, trails and craft activities inspired by the Museum collection and gardens.
Cost: £2.00 per child to be paid in advance when booking as places are limited.
Time: 10.30 - 11.30am and 1.15pm - 2.15pm
Venue: Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe
Contact: For more information and to book call Wycombe Museum on 01494 421 895 or visit Wycombe Museum

Saturday 11

Lovers Leap - Charity Abseil 120ft Freefall
Show someone how far you would go for love? Here's the perfect solution... a charity abseil from the magnificent atrium in House of Fraser High Wycombe. Be the first to join in the adrenalin high with a 120ft freefall abseil inside the House of Fraser. Help the British Red Cross raise money for first aid, emergency services and other services they provide to communities in Buckinghamshire by braving the height! As a special offer they are asking all participants to raise a minimum of £50 in sponsorship. If you raise £100 or more you will be presented with a photo of your descent and you may have a second go.
Cost: £15 registration fee
Venue: House of Fraser, Eden centre, High Wycombe
Contact: Book on line www.redcross.org.uk/events (external link - opens in a new window) or call or email Sharon Charlton on 01296 739 309 / scharlton@redcross.org.uk to get your registration pack.

Clairabella Craft and Gift Market
A great selection of crafts and gifts available with a percentage of the sales going to the charity, Scannappeal
Cost: Free to visit
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Venue: Guildhall, High Street, High Wycombe
Contact: 07828 413 508 or email craft@clairabella.co.uk

Monday 13

Land Lines: drawn lines: stitched lines
Talk by Amanda Hislop for the Chiltern Embroidery and Textiles Group. Visitors welcome.
Cost: £5 per session
Time: 7.30 for 8.00pm
Venue: Tylers Green Village Hall, Church Road, Tylers Green
Contact: Lynda Wildman on 01494 873 574 or email lyndawildman@hotmail.com

Tuesday 14

Table-Top Sports
Create your own table top game to play indoors. Choose from Crazy Golf, Blow Football or Mini Basketball. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Cost: £2.50, drop-in and make something to take away.
Time: Sessions starting at 10.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm. By timed ticket on the day (places limited).
Venue: Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe
Contact: For more information and to book call Wycombe Museum on 01494 421 895 or visit Wycombe Museum

Wednesday 15

The Gerrards Cross Conservation Area
An illustrated talk by popular local historian and author Julian Hunt on the designation of a new Centenary Conservation Area which includes about 500 Edwardian houses on Bulstrode Way, Packhorse Road and Orchehill Avenue. No booking required.
Cost: Members free, Visitors £2
Time: 8.00 - 9.00pm
Venue: Hedgerley Memorial Hall Kiln Lane Hedgerley Bucks SL2 3UZ
Contact: John Lovelock 01753 647 187; jdlovelock@btinternet.com

Thursday 16

In the Frame
Decorate a picture frame fit for a sporting hero or someone special. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Cost: £2.50, drop-in and make something to take away.
Time: Sessions starting at 10.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm. By timed ticket on the day (places limited).
Venue: Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe
Contact: For more information and to book call Wycombe Museum on 01494 421 895 or visit Wycombe Museum

Sporting Heroes
Bring along pictures of your sporting heroes and turn them into cool fridge magnets.
Cost: £2.50, drop-in and make something to take away.
Time: 2.30 - 4.00pm
Venue: Flackwell Heath Library, Chapel Road, HP10 9AA
Contact: For more information call Wycombe Museum on 01494 421 895 or visit Wycombe Museum

Your Names in Newspapers
A talk by Richard Heaton for the Friends of High Wycombe Library.
Cost: £3 Members of Friends of High Wycombe library; £5 non members; £2 BNU Students (with valid ID)
Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: High Wycombe Library, 5 Eden Place, High Wycombe
Contact: High Wycombe Library on 0845 2303232

Friday 17

Groovy Greeks Workshops
Travel to mythical ancient Greece in this interactive workshop. Learn all about the gods and what the ancient Greeks did for us. Suitable for age 8+. Led by Explore Learning
Cost: Free, but please book
Time: Sessions starting at 11.00am - 12 noon, 1.00 - 2.00pm or 2.30 - 3.30pm.
Venue: Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe
Contact: For more information and to book call Wycombe Museum on 01494 421 895 or visit Wycombe Museum

Saturday 18

RISEX 2012 Model Railway Exhibition
The whole of the Community Centre in Princes Risborough is taken over one day in the spring each year by Risborough & District Model Railway Club allowing local modellers to display their layouts and model making.
Cost: Adults £3.00, Children £2.00
Time: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: Princes Risborough Community Centre, Wades Park, Stratton Road, Princes Risborough, Bucks, HP27 9AX
Contact: Paul Wright on 01844 275 748; email rdmrc@btinternet.com or visit the club website at www.rdmrc.nildram.co.uk (external link - opens in a new window)

Wintering waders and wildfowl
A winter bird walk around Spade Oak Lake, led by John Hoar. May be muddy underfoot.
Event organised by Wycombe Wildlife Group and BBOWT (South Bucks)
Cost: Free
Time: 10.00am - 12.30pm
Venue: Meet in the public car park in Coldmoorholm Lane beyond the Spade Oak pub. (OS map reference SU883875)
Contact: 01494 676 091

Sunday 19

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Concert
Acclaimed young British clarinetist Julian Bliss takes centre stage to perform Mozart's ethereal and beautiful Clarinet Concerto, alongside Wycombe Swan favourites, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The programme begins with excerpts from Mendelssohn's sparkling A Midsummer Night's Dream and closes with one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire: Elgar's rousing 'Enigma' Variations. Conductor: Dirk Joeres. Clarinet: Julian Bliss
Cost: Tickets: £21.50, £24.50, £29.50. Concessions: £1.50 off Friends of Wycombe Swan: £2.50 off
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe
Contact: Ticket Office: 01494 512 000. Book Online: www.wycombeswan.co.uk (external link - opens in a new window)

Wednesday 22

Haunted Canals
Whilst working for British Waterways, Allan Scott-Davies came across a number of ghost stories - and indeed had a couple of spooky experiences at Lapworth and through the Wast Hill Tunnel. His interest in ghosts and haunting led to many published books and which resulted in the History Press asking him to write two waterway based books, 'Shadows on the Waterways' and the latest 'Death on the Waterways'. This meeting is organised by the Chiltern Branch of the Inland Waterways Association
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Amersham & Chiltern Rugby Club, Ash Grove, Weedon Lane, Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5QU.
Contact: For further information call Colin Bird 01932 248 178.

Thursday 23

Beginners' Beekeeping Course
High Wycombe Beekeepers Association have organised this course which is suitable for anyone interested in keeping bees. There will be six evening lectures followed by practical sessions with experienced beekeepers for which protective bee suits will be provided. Prior enrolment essential.
Cost: £85
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Trinity United Reformed Church, Easton Street, High Wycombe
Contact: Paul Hurley 01628 524 214 or email beginners@hwbka.co.uk

Friday 24

Ballroom dance
Ballroom dance to live music by organist Richard Keeling. All profits in aid of Scannappeal.
Cost: Entrance £7.50, pre-book if possible to arrange seating.
Venue: Bourne End Community Centre, Wakeman Road, Bourne End.
Contact: Alan on 01628 525 818 or 07836 224 855.

Tiny Talk Time - Wind the Bobbin Up
A special time at Wycombe Museum for the under fives. Enjoy stories, trails and craft activities inspired by the Museum collection and gardens.
Cost: £2.00 per child to be paid in advance when booking as places are limited.
Time: 10.30 - 11.30am and 1.15pm - 2.15pm
Venue: Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe
Contact: For more information and to book call Wycombe Museum on 01494 421 895 or visit Wycombe Museum

Sunday 26

Open Garden
Magnolia House Garden will be open to show the snowdrops (there are in excess of 10,000). The hellebores and daffodils may also be blooming. The garden also boasts a small aviary with canaries, parakeets, cockatiels, lovebirds and finches. Do go and visit, warm up with soup or a cuppa - you will find a welcome awaits you. Private visits also by appointment. The opening is in aid of National Gardens Scheme.
Time: Open from 11am to 2pm
Venue: Magnolia House, Grange Drive, Wooburn, HP10 0QD
Contact: 01628 525 818

Exhibitions

Exhibitions at Wycombe Museum

Artists of the Diaspora
Until 27 March 2012
A collection of contemporary art and sculpture from local African, Asian and Caribbean artists, is brought together to celebrate diversity and creativity.

Our Sporting Life
Until 29 March 2012
A national touring exhibition with a local focus, it looks at sporting achievement at Olympic and national level as well as exploring stories of local sporting success. You will see objects, photos and film from professional and amateur sports stars. Look out for events to support the exhibition.

Cost: Free admission to all exhibitions
Venue: Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe
Time: Monday - Saturday 10.00am - 5.00pm. Sunday 2.00 - 5.00pm
Contact: 01494 421 895 for details

If you would like your event listed here please send the details to leisure@wycombe.gov.uk

If you are organising an event, the Communities and Local Government Department has published a handy guide which provides a useful checklist. You can download the guide below.