Micklefield is a ward of
High Wycombe
High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe ( ), is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England. Lying in the valley of the River Wye, Buckinghamshire, River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, ...
,
Buckinghamshire, located on the eastern side of the town. Surrounded on one side by the
Chiltern Hills and King's Wood, it neighbours the villages of
Penn and
Tylers Green
Tylers Green is a village in the civil parish of Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.
The village is adjoined on one side by Hazlemere and on the other by Penn. "Penn and Tylers Green" are often referred to as one. Tylers Green centre ...
, as well as being adjacent to
Wycombe Marsh
Wycombe Marsh is an area of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It lies on the River Wye and the A40 road, approximately south-east of High Wycombe town centre, and approximately north-west of Loudwater. Wycombe Marsh is in the Ryemead wa ...
. Some points in the Micklefield area rise to an altitude of some 450 feet, and there are some great views over the Wycombe valley.
Amenities include a
Jet petrol station with an attached
supermarket, a combined first and middle school (
Ash Hill Primary School
Micklefield is a ward of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, located on the eastern side of the town. Surrounded on one side by the Chiltern Hills and King's Wood, it neighbours the villages of Penn and Tylers Green, as well as being adjacent to Wyco ...
), and three churches – St Peter's (
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...
), Micklefield Christian Fellowship (
Elim Pentecostal Church
The Elim Pentecostal Church is a UK-based Pentecostal Christian denomination.
History
George Jeffreys (1889–1962), a Welshman, founded the ''Elim Pentecostal Church'' in Monaghan, Ireland in 1915. Jeffreys was an evangelist with a Welsh Co ...
) and a
Seventh-day Adventist
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...
church – and a shopping area next to a community library. The library was earmarked for closure by
Bucks County Council, but was saved by a local campaign to keep it running. It has been awarded
National Lottery grants to rebuild a larger library.
In 2006, Micklefield was the subject of international media interest when key aspects of the investigation into the
2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried aboard airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada, disguised as soft drinks. The plot was discovered by British ...
focused on local homes and a five-month-long search of King's Wood was conducted by police.
BBC NEWS , UK , 'Airline plot' police search wood
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References
External links
Micklefield Blog
Save the Library video
Spotlight East Wycombe - Community Magazine
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High Wycombe
Housing estates in Buckinghamshire