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Chiltern Hills

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Chiltern Hills, range of chalk hills, c.45 mi (70 km) long and 15 to 20 mi (24–32 km) wide, S England, NW of London, extending NE from Goring Gap. Its highest elevation is Coombe Hill (852 ft/260 m), SE of Aylesbury. Chiltern timber supports the local furniture industry. Roman works have been found in the hills.
Chiltern Hills 

an upland in southeastern Great Britain, on the edge of the London Basin. The upland, with elevations to 260 m, is a cuesta ridge extending from southwest to northeast for 100 km. It is composed of limestones and is dissected into hills by lateral valleys. The slopes have stands of oak, beech, and hornbeam.
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A plaque was also being unveiled to mark the five-year project which has seen 94 birds imported from an established population in the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire and set free in Gateshead's Derwent Valley.
Mural marks kites return by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
A total of 94 birds were imported from an established population in the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire to be set free in the Derwent Valley in Gateshead.
High praise for red kite project by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Mortimer -- also known for defending "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and the underground magazine Oz against obscenity charges -- died peacefully at his home in the Chiltern Hills northwest of London, they said.
"Rumpole" creator John Mortimer dies by AFP / AFP European Edition
 
 
 
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