High Wycombe, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = High Wycombe
state = wa
city = Perth


caption =
pop = 9,043 (2001 Census)
postcode = 6057
lga = Shire of Kalamunda
area = 14.2
est = 1978
propval = $380,000 (Q1 2007)cite web|url=http://reiwa.com/res/res-iframe-suburbprofile-view.cfm?Stats_ID=78|title=Suburb Profile - High Wycombe|author=Real Estate Institute of Western Australia|year=2006|accessdate=2007-05-27]
stategov = Darling Range
fedgov = Hasluck
near-nw = South Guildford
near-n = Hazelmere
near-ne = Hazelmere
near-e = Maida Vale
near-w = Perth Airport
near-sw = Forrestfield
near-s = Forrestfield
near-se = Maida Vale
dist1 = 18
location1= Perth

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.

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.

Local school

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

There are no high schools in the suburb. The following are high schools in the surrounding area;
*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
*Carmel Adventist College (private school), Carmel

hopping centres

*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)
*"The Village", corner of Wittenoom & Dundas Road (Supa IGA, Chooks fast food restaurant, hairdresser)
*Unnamed High Wycombe Hotel redevelopment, Lot 583 Kalamunda Road (Coles Supermarkets) - under construction

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.

Public transportation 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.

Other public facilities

*Baptist Church, Edney Road.
*St Thomas' Anglican Church, Cyril Road.
*1st Scout Hall of Maida Vale Scouts, 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au Shire of Kalamunda]