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The Chequers Inn, High Wycombe
Wooburn Common
Postal town: High Wycombe
HP10 0JQ
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Strongers . left this review about The Chequers Inn
Hidden away up a country lane, the Chequers Inn is a 17th century coaching inn, which now operates as a food led country pub with rooms. The rooms are found in the right-hand side of the buildings past the central reception area, my room was very comfortable. The pub part of this building runs up the left where there’s a front rustic L-shaped bar with an exposed brick wooden topped L-shaped serving counter that faces minimal seating across the front up the left-hand walls, this is a small place. The three hand pumps were drawing two options from Marlow based Rebellion Beer Company alongside TT Landlord, and available on keg were Peroni, Estrella, Becks, Stowford Press cider and Guinness. To the rear of the bar is a dining area where I enjoyed a decent burger. The service was polite and I enjoyed my stay, but the location means that this isn’t a place that is happened upon, so I’ll probably only visit again when I need a room.
On 2nd November 2025
- rating: 7
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Chequers Inn
The Chequers is a 17th Century former Coaching Inn nestled in the back country lanes between High Wycombe and Bourne End.
The bar area is everything you’d expect in a pub of some character dating from this period. Large original Oak beams, a flagstone floor, quiet cubby holes and a wonderful original open fireplace. The only issue is that this section is not that large and it doesn’t take too many in to fill all the available seating.
Then you have to utilise what is known as lounge area which, although they’ve tried hard to blend it in with the bar area, being plain wooden floor , wooden features, open fire and low tables with leather sofas, it still give the feeling of a bolted on extension more resembling a function room.
It is a hotel and has 17 rooms and, although I have never stayed here, visitors to my workplace who have tend to find it a pleasant stay with more character than the plastic hotel chains that abound in Maidenhead and High Wycombe.
The pub does lead on food and there is usually a substantial menu available, to the extent that there are several chalk boards dotted around both the lounge and the main bar area. On the couple of times I’ve eaten here, it’s not cheap but the quantity and quality have been high.
On the beer front the bar has four handpumps, but I’ve only ever seen three on the go at any one time. During my last visit a couple of weeks ago GK IPA and OSH were on, but fortunately complemented by Smuggler from The Rebellion brewery, which was a well kept pint.
So in conclusion, this is another good hostelry in the back lanes of the Wooburn area and worth searching out if you are nearby..
On 11th April 2011
- rating: 7
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