High Wycombe, Western Australia

High Wycombe is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. High Wycombe lies east of the Perth CBD at the base of the Darling Scarp (commonly referred to as the foothills).

High Wycombe is located directly east of Perth Airport, west of Maida Vale, north of Forrestfield, and south of the industrial suburb of Hazelmere.

High Wycombe is a large suburb in area, with its main population centred around roads that connect from Newburn Road, and bounded by Kalamunda Road to the north, Wittenoom Road to the west, Maida Vale Road to the south, and Roe Highway to the east. The suburb's growth is mainly in this area, however the estate of Jacaranda Springs, which is based on the northern side of Kalamunda Road, is also experiencing growth. A sparsely populated area around Milner Road is also part of the suburb.

At the 2001 census, High Wycombe had a population of 9,043.

1 Public Facilities
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Public Facilities

High Wycombe is a small suburb compared to some of the neighbouring areas such as Midland, Forrestfield and Kalamunda but it still has a number of communal facilities.

[edit] Local School

High Wycombe Primary School, Newburn Road (public school)
Edney Primary School, Edney Road (public school)
Matthew Gibney Primary School (private school)

There are no high schools in the suburb at present. The following are high schools in neighbouring suburbs;

Kalamunda Senior High School (public school), Kalamunda
Lesmurdie Senior High School (public school), Lesmurdie
Forrestfield Senior High School (public school), Forrestfield
Mazenod College (private school), Lesmurdie
St. Brigids College (private school), Lesmurdie
LaSalle College (Private School), Middle Swan

[edit] Shopping centres

[edit] Current

Newburn Road (IGA, Deli, Chemist, Hardware store, Video shop, Butcher, Newsagents, Fish and Chips)
Kalamunda Road/Berle Way (Hardware store, Chemist, Pizza shop, Chinese Restaurant, Doctors Surgery, Dental Clinic, Deli, Australia Post)

[edit] Proposed

High Wycombe currently has two new shopping centres under construction; The Village in the suburbs outskirts; and an as yet unnamed centre on Kalamunda Road, just west of a roundabout with High Wycombe's main road, Newburn Road.

The Village; corner of Wittenoom & Dundas Road.

Planning for The Village's site took approximately 10 years. Construction began in November 2005, and was expected to be completed and opened by late 2006. The construction of the centre is completed and has been partially opened as of January 2007.

Exact tenancy for The Village has not been confirmed, but includes the following:^{[citation needed]}

Supa IGA (open)
Chooks fast food restaurant
Hair Dresser

High Wycombe Hotel Redevelopment; Lot 583 Kalamunda Rd.

Although construction was scheduled to start in late 2006, as of January 2007 little progress has been made at the site, apart from the closure of the current liquor store.

Tenancy for the site has not been confirmed

[edit] Parks and Sporting reserves

Scott Reserve - Home of the High Wycombe cricket club and High Wycombe Bulldogs football teams. The oval is also shared by Edney Primary School, and is mainly used by the school as their oval.
Flemming Reserve - small oval with night lighting, small playground and public toilets, small skate park and BMX track.
High Wycombe Recreation Centre - Indoor sports, dancing, martial arts and meeting place. Borders on Edney Road Primary school and Scott Reserve, and like Scott Reserve is used by Edney Primary School, albeit far less frequently.

[edit] Public Transport and Infrastructure

Regular Transperth bus routes operated by sWAn Transit access the area from the Perth CBD (City busport) and travel through up into the hills to Kalamunda. sWAn Transit also operate the school special bus services to and from the two main high schools in the area (Kalamunda SHS and Forrestfield SHS) during the school calendar.

Transperth train services operate out of Midland train station along the Midland Line every day of the week. Nearby railway stations include Guildford and West Midland/Woodbridge.

[edit] Other public facilities

Anglican Church, Edney Road.
1st Scout Hall of High Wycombe, corner Newburn Road and Western Avenue.
Public Library, Markham Road.
Cyril Road Hall. Made national news in early 2005 when infamous riots broke outside the hall.