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High Wycombe

High Wycombe is at the edge of the Chilterns, where gently rolling chalk hills start steeping toward London. Cyclists dominate here—the Chiltern Samaritans Cycle and Ride Chartridge sportives both traverse the beech woods and ridge routes that define the area, with climbs rarely brutal but relentless over 20–30km stretches at 4–6% grade. Runners get flatter work along the River Wye valley, though serious training groups often climb into the Chilterns for hill repeats on the 200m ridges that surround town.