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New page: The '''Chiltern Hills''' are a range of hills in southern England, just to the north of London, and stretching from Reading to just south of Cambridge. Historically the wi...
The '''Chiltern Hills''' are a range of hills in southern [[England]], just to the north of [[London]], and stretching from [[Reading]] to just south of [[Cambridge]].
Historically the wild and forested abode of outlaws and robbers, the Chilterns today are comparitively civilised, and important towns within the area include [[Luton]], [[High Wycombe]], [[Aylesbury]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]].
Although the highest point of the hills, Haddington Hill, is less than 900 feet above sea level, the rugged and pathless nature of the area posed a substantial obstacle to armies advancing towards London from the North, and even as recently as [[World War II]], fortifications were built in the hills in preparation for the anticipated German invasion.
The Chilterns are a popular retirement spot for British Members of Parliament, who historically, being forbidden to resign, would apply instead to take up the [[sinecure]] position of Steward of the Chiltern [[Hundred]]s.
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Historically the wild and forested abode of outlaws and robbers, the Chilterns today are comparitively civilised, and important towns within the area include [[Luton]], [[High Wycombe]], [[Aylesbury]] and [[Hemel Hempstead]].
Although the highest point of the hills, Haddington Hill, is less than 900 feet above sea level, the rugged and pathless nature of the area posed a substantial obstacle to armies advancing towards London from the North, and even as recently as [[World War II]], fortifications were built in the hills in preparation for the anticipated German invasion.
The Chilterns are a popular retirement spot for British Members of Parliament, who historically, being forbidden to resign, would apply instead to take up the [[sinecure]] position of Steward of the Chiltern [[Hundred]]s.
[[Category:England]]
[[Category:Mountains]]