Editing High Wycombe (section)

===Leisure===
Hollywell Mead, an open swimming pool site in the town's Rye Park, closed in March 2009 due to high running costs<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phillips |first1=Neil |title=Veteran swimmer pleads for Wycombe's open air pool to stay open |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/3998611.veteran-swimmer-pleads-for-wycombes-open-air-pool-to-stay-open/ |website=Bucks Free Press |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en |date=23 December 2008}}</ref> and was mothballed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farr |first1=Simon |title=Leisure chief says Holywell Mead will not be bulldozed |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/4275625.leisure-chief-says-holywell-mead-will-not-be-bulldozed/ |website=Bucks Free Press |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en |date=8 April 2009}}</ref> However, in summer 2012, after a £2 million investment into the site, a new sports & leisure facility was reopened.<ref name="ryelido"/> Further redevelopment works later took place, with improved tennis courts reopening in late 2013<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farr |first1=Simon |title=Work to begin on new look sports courts at Rye Lido |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/9982566.work-to-begin-on-new-look-sports-courts-at-rye-lido/ |website=Bucks Free Press |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en |date=12 October 2012}}</ref> and an upgraded pool reopening in May 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sheth Trivedi |first1=Shruti |title=Outdoor pool re-opens in time for summer after major improvements |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/14473165.outdoor-pool-at-wycombe-rye-lido-in-high-wycombe-re-opens-following-200k-worth-of-improvements/ |website=Bucks Free Press |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en |date=5 May 2016}}</ref>

There is a large [[leisure centre]] to the south of town at the top of Marlow Hill, close to the [[Handy Cross roundabout]]. Many sporting activities take place here and there is an [[Olympic-size swimming pool]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wycombe Leisure Centre |url=https://www.placesleisure.org/centres/wycombe-leisure-centre |website=www.placesleisure.org |publisher=Places Leisure |access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wycombe Sports Centre, High Wycombe |url=https://www.willmottdixon.co.uk/projects/wycombe-sports-centre-high-wycombe |website=Willmott Dixon |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref> The original leisure centre was designed by renowned architect John Attenborough, and opened in 1975.<ref name="oldcentre">{{cite web |last1=Colley |first1=Andrew |title=100 PICTURES: Look back at 40 years of memories as Wycombe Sports Centre closes for the last time |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/14156240.100-pictures-look-back-at-40-years-of-memories-as-wycombe-sports-centre-closes-for-the-last-time/ |website=Bucks Free Press |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en |date=19 December 2015}}</ref> In 2011, proposals were made for a new leisure centre to be constructed on the site of the existing running track, with the relocation of the existing [[artificial turf]] pitch to the nearby [[John Hampden Grammar School]] and the [[running track]] to [[Little Marlow]].<ref name="display2011">{{cite web |title=Public responded well to sports centre display |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/9385781.public-responded-well-to-sports-centre-display/ |website=Bucks Free Press |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en |date=25 November 2011}}</ref>

In January 2014, the artificial turf pitch had been relocated.<ref name="stp2014">{{cite web |last1=Farr |first1=Simon |title=Waitrose to open store at Handy Cross? |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/10959877.waitrose-to-open-store-at-handy-cross/ |website=Bucks Free Press |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en |date=23 January 2014}}</ref> By May 2014, construction work on the new facility had commenced.<ref>{{cite news|title=Construction begins on new Wycombe Sports Centre|url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/11227629.Construction_begins_on_new_Wycombe_Sports_Centre/|first=Simon |last=Farr|date=21 May 2014|publisher=Bucks Free Press|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
The old leisure centre closed in December 2015,<ref name=oldcentre /> with the new leisure centre opening in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Colley |first1=Andrew |title=£25 million Wycombe Leisure Centre opened to the public |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/14182702.25-million-wycombe-leisure-centre-opened-to-the-public/ |website=Bucks Free Press |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en |date=5 January 2016}}</ref> The old leisure centre was later demolished to make way for other developments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Handy Cross landscape changing once again |url=https://buildinghandyxhub.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/handy-cross-landscape-changing-once-again/ |website=building handy x hub |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=en |date=31 March 2016}}</ref>