Geordie\’s Pub Guide to Wycombe

neilr @ 8:32 am Thursday 15 March 2007

Lovely leafy High Wycombe has many a pub to speak of, unfortunately none of them are anywhere near the football ground, perched as it is on an industrial estate in the middle of the rolling Chilterns.

The Hour Glass is probably the nearest at about half a mile, and pretty good it is too luckily enough, which is more than can be said for the pubs nearest the railway station some 2 miles away, which vary from the bland Flint Cottage to the eminently avoidable Finns Irish pub - now Scorpios.

The good news however is that the town’s most atmospheric real ale bar, namely The Hobgoblin is found at the top of the High St, no more than about 5 minutes walk from the Station heading downhill. Well worth a visit and a sample of Hobgoblin bitter. Also recommended in the town centre is The Glass House adjacent to The Hobgoblin heading along towards the Hospital.

At the other side of that little market quadrant, Wetherspoons enthusiasts will find The Falcon for all the usual Wetherspoons type stuff, both good and bad! On the whole not a bad example of this chain. Similarly there is the ubiquitous O’Neil’s to complete a quartet of town centre pubs within tripping distance.

The ground itself boasts a supporters club with a door charge (allegedly £2!!) if you don’t fancy the Hour Glass, while football special busses depart the station at 1.55, and return from the ground in a rather amusing convoy afterwards.