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Buckinghamshire's largest town, once famous for its chair-making industry when it was known as 'the furniture capital of England'. Set in a steep valley, it has a pedestrianised Georgian High Street, the Little Market House, or 'Pepper Pot', designed by Robert Adam and a handsome, arcaded Guildhall. Behind the Market House is the 12c parish church, the largest in the county, and beyond that is Wycombe Museum. East of the town is The Rye, a wide expanse of grassland bounded by beechwoods. The ancient ceremony of 'Mayor Making' takes place in the town each May, in which the Mayor and Charter Trustees are weighed to see if they are getting fat at rate payers' expense.
In March 2008 a superb new shopping experience called Eden opened in High Wycombe bringing many new retail brands into the town. The new complex also features a new library, 12 screen cinema and ten pin bowling alley.