Chiltern Hills

The Chiltern Hills are an existing chalk range of hills in southeast England. They extend in a southwest-northeast diagonal of the River Thames in Oxfordshire over the whole of Buckinghamshire until after Dunstable in Bedfordshire. The hills are also called " the Chilterns ", agree about the same as the southernmost extent of glaciation during the Ice Age, and are part of the Southern England Chalk Formation.

The highest point in the Chilterns, with 267 m of Haddington Hill near Wendover in Buckinghamshire with a saddle height of 180 m. Other important hills are Combe Hill ( 260 m) and Ivinghoe Beacon ( 249 m); the latter is the starting point of two long-distance trails, the Icknield Way and the Ridgeway. The steep Dunstable Downs (243 m) in the far east are very popular with glider pilots. Among the rivers that flow down from the Chilterns, include Lea, Ver, Misbourne, Chess and Gade.

The Rolling hills in the southwest of the Chilterns are covered with extensive beech forests. Due to the good quality of the wood, the area around Chesham and High Wycombe for their chair industry was known. Much of the hill chain is classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is therefore subject to special planning regulations. After the hills also an administrative district in central Buckinghamshire, Chiltern District and an open- air museum, the Chiltern Open Air Museum is named.

Towns in the Chiltern Hills or in the vicinity

River Lea Chiltern (District) Arnside and Silverdale Bodmin Moor Cotswolds Forest of Bowland Howardian Hills Kent Downs Lincolnshire Wolds Malvern Hills Nidderdale North Pennines Quantock Hills South Downs Anglesey Gower Peninsula Wye Valley
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