Loudwater
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| Loudwater | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 4170 |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | SU905905 |
| Administration | |
| Parish: | Chepping Wycombe |
| District: | Wycombe |
| Shire county: | Buckinghamshire |
| Region: | South East England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Buckinghamshire |
| Historic county: | Buckinghamshire |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Thames Valley Police |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | South Central |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | HIGH WYCOMBE |
| Postal district: | HP10 |
| Dialling code: | 01494, 01628 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Beaconsfield |
| European Parliament: | South East England |
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- For the fictional river of J. R. R. Tolkien's middle earth, see Bruinen
Loudwater is a hamlet in the parish of Chepping Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located to the east of the main town, on the London Road.
The hamlet name refers to the river nearby, that also flows through High Wycombe. Its meaning is literally 'noisy water'. In manorial records in 1241 the hamlet was referred to as La Ludewatere.
Today there is little to distinguish the hamlet from the urban sprawl of High Wycombe, though the hamlet is now recognised on signposts along the London Road.
