Editing High Wycombe (section)

==Modern-day High Wycombe==
High Wycombe comprises a number of suburbs including [[Booker, Buckinghamshire|Booker]], Bowerdean, Castlefield, Cressex, Daws Hill, Green Street, Holmers Farm, Micklefield, Sands, Terriers, Totteridge, [[Downley]] and [[Wycombe Marsh]], as well as some nearby villages: [[Hazlemere]] and [[Tylers Green]]. Particular areas in the suburbs of Castlefield, Micklefield, Terriers and Totteridge have high levels of deprivation compared to the rest of the urban area.

Although situated in the county of [[Buckinghamshire]], which is one of the most affluent parts of the country,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1011/swg/SWG-09-04.pdf#page=23 |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227001349/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1011/swg/SWG-09-04.pdf |archive-date=27 December 2013  }}</ref> Wycombe contains some considerably deprived areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/uploads/documents/Community%20and%20living/Fact%20File%2043_%20Deprivation%20Fact%20File.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325221211/http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/uploads/documents/Community%20and%20living/Fact%20File%2043_%20Deprivation%20Fact%20File.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009 |title=Microsoft Word - Deprivation Fact File Final.doc |access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>  In 2007, a [[GMB Union]] survey ranked the Wycombe district as the 4th dirtiest in the South East and the 26th dirtiest in the whole [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/1559217.wycombe_shamed_in_league_table_of_filth/ |title=Wycombe shamed in league table of filth (From Bucks Free Press) |website=Bucksfreepress.co.uk |date=20 July 2007 |access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gmb.org.uk/shared_asp_files/GFSR.asp?NodeID=95748]{{dead link|date=August 2016}}</ref> The survey found litter on 28.5% of streets and highways. Data for the survey were taken from the Government's 2005/06 [[Audit Commission (United Kingdom)|Audit Commission]].

The town has undergone major redevelopment, including development of the town's existing shopping centre, completion of the  [[Eden, High Wycombe|Eden Shopping centre]], and redevelopment of the [[Buckinghamshire New University]] with a large student village and new building on Queen Alexandra Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buckinghamshire-new-university.learnhub.com/lesson/20670-accommodation-at-bucks-new |title=Accommodation at Bucks New - Buckinghamshire New University |access-date=13 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221231013/http://buckinghamshire-new-university.learnhub.com/lesson/20670-accommodation-at-bucks-new |archive-date=21 February 2014  }}</ref>

These developments prompted the building of larger blocks of flats, a multimillion-pound hotel in the centre, and a [[Sainsbury's]] store on the [[A40 road|Oxford road]] next to the Eden shopping centre and [[bus station]].