North Downs

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a range of chalk hills in southeastern England, south of the Thames, extending west to east about 100 miles (160 kilometers): Highest peak, Leith Hill, 965 feet (294 meters).

Word History and Origins

Origin of North Downs¹

First recorded in 1815–20

Example Sentences

“A mix of Victorian red bricks and pebble-dashed semis while all around you have rolling pastures and the beautiful chalk hills of the North Downs,” Sir Keir described it as.

From BBC

It also connects with the Thames Path and the North Downs Way riders’ route.

From The Guardian

For London buyers, other destinations that recorded the biggest increases in interest in April included Tandridge in Surrey, which includes parts of the North Downs and is 22 times less populated than London, and Medway in Kent, which is more than five times less densely packed.

From The Guardian

Fifty minutes while the plane droned over Cornwall and Devon, then Somerset and the Salisbury Plains before reaching the North Downs and on toward Windsor and London.

From Literature

His eyes light up when he talks me through the 10-mile hike he has planned for the following day on the North Downs with his regular companion Ray Dolan, director of neuroimaging at the Wellcome Trust.

From The Guardian