Loudwater & Wooburn Green

Loudwater and Wooburn Green sit on the River Wye, to the south‑west of High Wycombe and north of Bourne End. The area is centred on a village green and a short high street with local shops, a parish church and community facilities. Housing ranges from Victorian terraces to post‑war estates, and lanes link the settlements with nearby commons and small pockets of woodland. Footpaths follow the river and cross a series of small weirs and sluices that once powered local industry.

At Wooburn Mill the cluster of old mill buildings lines the Wye, some converted to housing and small businesses while mill races and leat channels remain visible from the towpath. Local clubs use the green and riverbank for cricket and fishing, and a network of public rights of way connects into neighbouring parishes. Day‑to‑day life here is shaped by the river’s course, the pattern of former mill sites and the compact village centre.