Chiltern Hills

[chil-tern]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a range of chalk hills in Oxford and Buckinghamshire, S England. Highest peak, Coombe Hill, 852 feet (260 meters).

Chiltern Hills

/ ˈtʃɪltən /

plural noun

1. a range of low chalk hills in SE England extending northwards from the Thames valley. Highest point: 260 m (852 ft)

Example Sentences

Janet, a 51-year-old research nurse in Oxford, was home alone in the Chiltern Hills, near Radnage in Buckinghamshire, when someone broke in, handcuffed her and hit her on the head repeatedly with a heavy object.

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The hawk had been wreaking havoc in the village, which is on the edge of the Chiltern hills, even holding up the postal service.

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Sarah Graham runs Hilltops Ukrainian Support Community, which has helped almost 600 people settle into the area around the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, three-quarters of whom are now in their own homes.

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Dr Ian Evans of Natural England went out to Spain in the 1990s to collect wild red kites for release in the Chiltern Hills.

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From there he travelled through Slough before pivoting north through the Chiltern Hills.

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