Chiltern Hills
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The Chiltern Hills or the Chilterns are a chalk escarpment in southern England to the north-west of London, covering 660 mi2 across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. The hi
Near Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
Bottle kiln, Nettlebed, probably from the late 17th century
Watlington Town Hall
Chalk visible in ploughed soil at the foot of the Chiltern Hill escarpment near Shirburn, on the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border
National Landscape
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A National Landscape, formally and formerly an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is one of 38 areas of countryside in England and Wales that has been designated for conservation due to its significa
Chiltern Hills
…12 miles (19 km) at their widest. In 1964, 322 mi2 (830 km2) - almost half of the Chiltern Hills - were designated by the Countryside Commission as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) under the powers established by the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. The north-west boundary of the Chilterns is clearly…
View over Three Cliffs Bay in the Gower Peninsula, the first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Falmer Stadium under construction in 2010 in the former Sussex Downs AONB
Arnside 123
Culmstock Beacon