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Chiltern Hills

American  
[chil-tern] / ˈtʃɪl tərn /

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 British  
/ 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)

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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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Florence - named after Florence Nightingale - will spend the next three-and-a-half years cutting through the chalk beneath the Chiltern hills in Buckinghamshire.

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