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Chepping Wycombe Parish Council
Flackwell Heath Loudwater Tylers Green
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Chepping Wycombe Parish Council
Flackwell Heath Loudwater Tylers Green
Flackwell Heath
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Flackwell Heath
The map below is provided through Google Maps. It shows the various areas in the region where Chepping Wycombe Parish Council has an interest in the land. The areas are marked by both pins and polygons to indicate the location. Descriptions have been added to Google Maps and repeated below. Click on a pin or a area to find out more.
Council Owned or Maintained Land in Flackwell Heath
Chapel Green
This site, opposite the community centre, was purchased by the parish council in 1993 for £1,500 from the county council who were proposing to sell it for development having used part of the site for a road safety improvement at the junction.
Chapel Road Allotments
The 4.4 acres of land designated was purchased in 1960 for £450. Most of the area was laid out for allotments and a small part of the area leased to the Scout and Guide Association.
Fennels Wood
This beech wood is not owned by the council. Once the original lease ran out the council was able to agree a licence with the landowner for continued public access, the council paying an annual fee and being responsible for the removal of litter from the wood.
The wood was split in two when the Wycombe by-pass was built (now part of the M40), but a pedestrian tunnel joins the two halves, providing access to Loudwater and the Rye.
The council has previously indicated a willingness to purchase the wood on behalf of the community should it come onto the open market.
Flackwell Heath Scout and Guide Hut
On the site leased from the council for a nominal annual rent a meeting hall for Guides and Scouts was built by parents, residents and the generous help of local builders. The site has an open green space for games, campfires and the like.
Green Dragon Lane Sports Ground
In 1979 at a cost of £11,500 an area of just under 6 acres was purchased to accommodate field sports to relieve the over-used recreation ground at Straight Bit. Two football pitches and a cricket table came into use in 1984 followed by a pavilion in 1985. In 2004 the pavilion was seriously damaged by fire. The shell was demolished and rebuilt in 2005 by the council with some support from the Sports Club who have a lease on both the site and new club house.
Heath End Common
Though originally owned by the parish council the site was purchased by the county council for road safety improvements for the adjacent school, now a further education college. The site at the entrance to the village became semi-derelict until the parish council was able to obtain a licence to maintain and improve the site.
Oakwood Recreation Ground
When the Oakwood estate was developed only a small play area for young children was provided. Responding to requests from residents the parish council with the support of the Carrington Estate was able to lease a field at a nominal fee to provide and maintain a grassed open space for general recreation.
Plans by the council to purchase the adjacent small oak wood were cancelled after a last-minute change of mind.
Old Railway Land
This part of the branch railway line between High Wycombe and Bourne End – and leading on to the main line at Maidenhead – was closed in 1970. That part which abutted Fennels Wood, which was leased at the time by the council, was purchased as a conservation area, except for the piece used to extend the Loudwater Combined School.
Orchard Green Amenity Area
In 1960 an area on the fringe of the newly constructed Orchard estate became derelict and overgrown. The developer had wanted to build on it but the ownership then passed to a building company who subsequently went into liquidation. The upkeep and responsibility for the site was assumed by the parish council.
Jubilee Garden on School Green
The land beside the community centre is leased from Buckinghamshire Council and maintained by the parish council. Originally the site of the village school part was kept for a proposed new library and part sold to enable the building of a community centre.
In 2012 the Residents Association laid out new tree and floral beds around the green to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Straight Bit Recreation Ground
The land was purchased by the council in 1938 for £950 for 5.2 acres reduced in 1949, 1960 and 1964 for a police house and public conveniences and fronting strip to Straight Bit. Play equipment was first installed in the 1940s and added to over the years. In 1951 a speedway track was added and well used until the sport lost its popularity. Tennis courts were constructed in 1971 followed by a bowls green in 1987.
Part of the site was leased to the Flackwell Heath Bowls Club in 1993 to enable them to apply for grants to build a pavilion, which was completed in 1998 after a successful lottery grant.
Parish residents who are not members of either the tennis or bowls club have playing rights on both sites.
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