Widmer Fields

Widmer Fields is the local community green space for Hazlemere and Widmer End

04/11/2026

Another ash 🪾down. Water fairy 🧚 Jean took time off from 💦filling the dog bowls to show volunteer lumberjack 🪓Peter how to cut up the 🪵. 🥳

01/11/2026

Fly-tipped to Fabulous!
We had 4 gas cupboards dumped in the car park☹️. But we’ve up-cycled them into 🦔 hedgehog 🦔 homes for winter. Cutting a doorway and inserting a wooden screen to nest behind. When was the last time you saw🦔one?

15/10/2026

Back by popular demand: the Widmer Fields Calendar 2027 📅

Twelve months of the Fields through the lens of local photographer Chris Rowan of Class Picks, with the squirrel on the cover.
Roughly A3 when open, with space to write your appointments.

Still just £5, and every one sold helps look after the Fields. We're taking pre-orders so we only print what we sell: grab the order form at https://widmerfields.uk/ and collect in Widmer End in early December.

Know someone who loves this place as much as you do? Tag them below or share this so they don't miss out 🎁 📸 Chris Rowan, Class Picks

13/10/2026

Widmer Fields is in the Chiltern Society magazine! 📖

The latest issue features a 5.5-mile circular walk from Great Kingshill by Andrew Clark, and the Fields are one of the highlights. The route comes down past Cedar Park School, past our information board and across the Fields towards Grange Farm.

They call us a "wonderful 40-acre open space", once part of Widmer and Grange Farms and now protected by a local charity for everyone to enjoy.
We couldn't agree more.
New to the area, or never quite made it down to the Fields? This is your excuse. Walk it this weekend, tag a friend who'd come with you, and share your photos with us 👇

Thanks to Andrew Clark, photographer Colin Drake and the Chiltern Society. To find out more about the Fields and how to get involved visit www.widmerfields.uk

09/10/2026

Ash die back disease has claimed a few young trees. We’ve cut 🪓this 🪾one down and bagged up for Widmer End Community Combined School to use in their fire pit. Thanks to volunteers Brian & Colin👏👏👏

26/09/2026

🐿️ Squirrel-spotting weekend!

The squirrels of Widmer Fields are busy this time of year, burying acorns all over the site ready for winter (yes, they really do forget where half of them are, that's how some of our oak trees get started).

If you're heading out this weekend, see how many you can spot, and if you've got little ones with you, turn it into a game: count the squirrels, spot a conker, find the reddest leaf.

New to the area? Widmer Fields is free to visit any time, with a small car park on Grange Road opposite the Village Hall. No toilets or café on site, so bring what you need, but plenty of space to explore.

Tag a friend who needs a reason to get outside this weekend! 👇

24/09/2026

🦁 Believe it or not, Widmer Fields used to be home to something rather more exotic than squirrels.

Long before the community stepped in to buy and protect this land, part of it was used to keep exotic animals, including lions. Local memory has it that the lion was sold on for £800, at a time when the average house nearby cost around £620. A lion, in other words, once cost more than a home.

There's also a story of a tiger that briefly escaped, and, by all accounts, got itself so spooked by freedom that it turned straight back around and came home on its own.

We don't have many old photos of the Fields ourselves, from this era or any other, and we'd love to change that. If you, your family, or anyone you know has old photos of Widmer Fields tucked away, please send them our way or drop them in the comments. Memories are welcome too. It's exactly the kind of history we don't want to lose. 📸

31/08/2026

A great day out at the Hazlemere Fete. Some 🌧️🫣 but plenty of ☀️ too🥳. Over £250 💷 raised for the Grange Area Trust. Thank you to all who played the treasure map game for Sammy the Squirrel. Winner was square F9 Rosemary of Rose Avenue who now has Sammy.

21/07/2026

What a difference a day makes. Rowan tree before and after. Our emergency watering was just in the nick of time. 😎👍. Don’t forget to water your delicate plants to keep them going. A little bit goes a long way.

21/07/2026

Emergency watering of the saplings due to ongoing heatwave. Decanted water from our roof collected storage and transported around the fields by barrels on the back of the 🚜. Last step with watering cans. Thanks to volunteers Dave, Sally & Robert. 👏👏👏

Address

Widmer Fields, Grange Road
High Wycombe
HP156AD

Telephone

+447976607385

Website

http://www.grangeareatrust.org.uk/

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