Cryers Hill

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{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|coordinates = {{coord|51.664052|-0.735455|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Cryers Hill

|population=

|civil_parish= Hughenden

|unitary_england = Buckinghamshire

|lieutenancy_england = Buckinghamshire

|region= South East England

|constituency_westminster=

|post_town= High Wycombe

|postcode_district = HP15

|static_image= Cryers Hill in Winter, Bucks, UK - panoramio.jpg

|static_image_caption= Cryers Hill in Winter, 1999

|postcode_area= HP

|dial_code= 01494

|os_grid_reference= SU874969

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Cryers Hill is a hamlet in the parish of Hughenden and in Buckinghamshire, England.{{cite web|url=http://www.hughendenparishcouncil.org.uk/council-information/history-of-the-parish/|accessdate=2013-02-26 |title=Hughenden Parish Council - History of the Parish|publisher=hughendenparishcouncil.org.uk}} It was formerly known as Ravensmere (sometimes 'Ravening').

The hamlet is sandwiched between Great Kingshill, Hughenden Valley and Widmer End. Its primary school is called Great Kingshill school{{cite web|url=http://www.greatkingshill.bucks.sch.uk/|accessdate=2013-02-26 |title=Great Kingshill CofE Combined|publisher=greatkingshill.bucks.sch.uk}} and the crematorium at Cryers Hill is called Hughenden Crematorium. This is located in Four Ashes Road.{{cite web|url=http://www.lutonparanormal.com/buckinghamshire/popups/cryers_hill.html|accessdate=2013-02-26|title=Cryers Hill, Four Ashes Lane|publisher=lutonparanormal.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828132110/http://www.lutonparanormal.com/buckinghamshire/popups/cryers_hill.html|archivedate=2008-08-28}}

The hamlet has a Post Office and Shop, Cryers Hill Post Office & Store.{{Cite web |title=Branch Finder {{!}} Post Office |url=https://www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder/0541281/cryers-hill |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=www.postoffice.co.uk}}

The only pub within Cryers Hill is The White Lion, serving traditional ales and food.{{cite web|url=http://www.whitelioncryershill.co.uk/|accessdate=2013-02-26|title=White Lion Cryers Hill|publisher=whitelioncryershill.co.uk|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221033039/http://www.whitelioncryershill.co.uk/|archivedate=2013-02-21}}{{cite news|url=http://thegoodpubguide.co.uk/pub/view/White-Lion-HP15-6JP|accessdate=2013-02-26 |title=White Lion|publisher=thegoodpubguide.co.uk}}

The hamlet and surrounding area provided the setting for Kitty Aldridge's 2007 novel called "Cryers Hill". The book partly documents the significant expansion of housing in the area during the 1960s.{{cite news|last=Duffy|first=Carol Ann|title=Twinkling Like Woolworths|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3664149/Twinkling-like-Woolworths.html |accessdate=26 February 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=1 April 2007}}

In Four Ashes Road, there is a large country house with a Georgian facade called 'Uplands' which is set in {{convert|18|acre|m2}} of gardens. It is now a 74-room De Vere Venues hotel and conference centre.{{cite web|url=http://www.devere.co.uk/locations/uplands-house.html|accessdate=2013-02-26|title=De Vere Venues: Uplands House|publisher=devere.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312111132/http://www.devere.co.uk/locations/uplands-house.html|archive-date=12 March 2013|url-status=dead}}

In recent years, an apparition of the Green Man is alleged to have been sighted on at least two occasions at Cryers Hill.{{cite web|url=http://www.strangebritain.co.uk/ghosts/greenhugh.html|accessdate=2013-02-26 |title=The Green Man of Hughenden |publisher=strangebritain.co.uk}}