Demolition paves way for Eden (From Bucks Free Press)

Demolition paves way for Eden

DEMOLITION work for the new Wycombe shopping complex is underway, with Iceland in Desborough Road the first store to be levelled.

You're in rubble: Cllr Lesley Clarke and Cllr David Cox at the Eden building site

The £180million town centre redevelopment project, named Eden, will provide shoppers with many new outlets. The development's main anchor, a 141,500 square foot House of Fraser, will be built where Iceland used to stand.

Cllr Lesley Clarke, leader of Wycombe district council, oversaw the start of work.

She said: "Eden is due to open in Spring 2008. I am delighted to help this project progress it is the catalyst for a major upgrade to the facilities High Wycombe has to offer. These are exciting times."

The project will see new facilities installed such as a new bus interchange, a 12-screen cinema complex and an 18-lane bowling alley.