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

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

After moving to the prison’s resettlement unit in preparation for release, Watts and other prisoners were allowed to plan proper journeys through the Chiltern Hills near London and in the Brecon Beacons, a rugged Welsh mountain range where British soldiers do survival training.

From Seattle Times

After moving to the prison’s resettlement unit in preparation for release, Watts and other prisoners were allowed to plan proper journeys through the Chiltern Hills near London and in the Brecon Beacons, a rugged Welsh mountain range where British soldiers do survival training.

From Washington Times