| Loudwater | |
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 Loudwater sign depicting a mill that once stood there | |
  Loudwater Location withinBuckinghamshire | |
| Population | 4,170 |
| OS grid reference | SU905905 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HIGH WYCOMBE |
| Postcode district | HP10 |
| Dialling code | 01494, 01628 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
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Loudwater is a village in the parish ofChepping Wycombe inBuckinghamshire, England. It is located in the valley to the east ofHigh Wycombe, on theA40 London Road.
The village name refers to theRiver Wye nearby, that also flows throughHigh Wycombe. Inmanorial records in 1241 the village was referred to asLa Ludewatere.
The brick built St Peter's Church dates from 1788 with a gothic stylechancel added in 1903 and further improvements in recent years, including new windows. On the London Road there is a Victorian mansion called Burleighfield House that was once the studio of the stained glass designerPatrick Reyntiens.
There was once ablotting paper mill in the valley and Loudwater hadits own railway station on theWycombe Railway that opened in 1854 and closed in 1970.
Today there is little to distinguish the village from theurban sprawl of High Wycombe, though it is signed along the London Road. A 1744milestone can still be seen and there is also still a traditional village pub 'The Derehams Inn' in Derehams Lane.
The Derehams Inn closed in 2021. However, there is an active Community Group trying to save it from residential development.
Loudwater is home to several retail and industrial concerns - a largeTesco supermarket, an industrial estate, a small retail park, aBrewers Fayremotel and also the office of the local newspaper, theBucks Free Press. TheM40 motorway crosses over the valley close to the village, and facilitates the eastbound only Junction 3, signposted as 'Wycombe East'.
Loudwater was once served by the High Wycombe to Bourne End railway line, the station being situated at the bottom of Treadaway Hill. The line and station closed in 1970, the old railway path can still be walked through Fennel Wood.
Loudwater is known as the Headquarters ofDreams beds,Costa Coffee andFonehouse.
Loudwater has a primary school called Loudwater Combined School, located on Kingsmead Road.
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