Hazlemere offers countryside, informal recreation, local history and a Sunday church service to consider when planning a trip. If you’re looking for a holiday apartment, you can decide which of these themes you’d like to shape your stay. The local details appeal to different interests: getting to the Recreation Ground, a route towards Park Parade, the history of a memorial or a regular Sunday service.

Countryside and getting your bearings in Hazlemere

Hazlemere Recreation Ground is accessible via the A404 Amersham Road. If you’re driving from High Wycombe towards Hazlemere, the car park is at the first entrance after Willow Crescent. High Wycombe Croquet Club is also at Hazlemere Recreation Ground on Amersham Road.

The countryside within and adjoining the Parish of Hazlemere lies within both the Metropolitan Green Belt and the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. These designations provide context for the landscape and complement the precise directions to the Recreation Ground with a broader perspective. If countryside is important to you, you can consider these designations alongside specific local destinations.

Paths and recreation

Informal recreation is available in the Holmer Road woodland in Hazlemere. A permissive path runs between the junction and the shops at Park Parade. If you’d like to combine time outdoors with a walk towards the shops during your stay, you can take this local route into account. The permissive path arrangement may change; check before your visit whether it is still in effect. The information about the Recreation Ground and Holmer Road woodland addresses different planning questions: the former concerns access and parking, while the latter concerns the path between the junction and Park Parade.

Local history and Sunday planning

Hazlemere War Memorial is a Grade II listed Portland stone cross. It commemorates those killed in the First and Second World Wars. It was dedicated in 1919, and the names for the Second World War were added later. Portland stone identifies the material, the cross its form, and Grade II its listed status. This makes the memorial’s design, status and commemorative purpose clear. The dedication and the later addition of names are two distinct points in the history of local remembrance.

At Holy Trinity Hazlemere, 50-minute services are held every Sunday at 10:30 am; refreshments are available from 10 am. Refreshments therefore begin half an hour before the service. If the service is relevant to your Sunday plans, take both this earlier start time and the stated duration into account. Check the service information before your visit. Unlike the memorial, which offers a link to the past, this is a recurring Sunday event.

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