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      • Explore the Chess Valley

        Explore the Chess Valley

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        Step back in time

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        Family days out

      • Places to visit highlights More places to visit
      • Lindsey Thornton Ridgeway Oxford

        Great walks

      • Biking the Chilterns-Around Watlington-Spoke & Spire -11

        Great rides

      • Springtime walk in northern Chilterns

        Featured walks

      • Walks, rides & countryside activities highlights Find more things to do
      • Discover the Chilterns

        Countryside access guide

      • Group of people on mobility scooters moving through beechwoods

        Accessibility for Chilterns visitors

      • Access for All

        Defra Access for All

      • Tring Brewery

        Tours and tastings

      • A family having a Picnic at Swyncombe Downs in the Chilterns AONB

        Food with a view

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        Enjoy local food at home

      • Food & drink highlights All food & drink
      • Amersham

        Amersham

      • Goring and Streatley

        Goring & Streatley

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        West Wycombe

      • Market towns highlights All market towns
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        Books & guides

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        Food & drink producers

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        Farm shops

      • Shop the Chilterns highlights All shop Chilterns
  • Our landscape
    • About the National Landscape
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      • The Management Plan for the Chilterns National Landscape

        Chilterns Management Plan

      • About the National Landscape highlights All about the National Landscape
      • BoTP pre history day

        Timeline of the Chilterns

      • Landscape character highlights More about landscape character
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        Red Kites

      • Nature and wildlife highlights See all nature and wildlife
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        Woodland wildlife

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        Woodlands under threat

      • Sharpenhoe Clappers Woodland in the Chilterns AONB

        Special Trees and Woods Projects (2006-10)

      • Trees and woodlands highlights See all trees and woodlands
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        Wetland wildlife

      • People carrying out river restoration work on the River Chess

        Wetlands under threat

      • Chalk Streams and Wetland Meadows Project (2021-2023)

        Chalk Streams and Wetland Meadows Project (2021-23)

      • Rivers and wetlands highlights See all rivers and wetlands
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        Farmland wildlife

      • Marjoram at Ibstone Common

        Farmland habitats under threat

      • Supporting landowners and farmers

        Supporting landowners and farmers

      • Farmland highlights See all farmland
      • A photo of Monkey Orchid Hartlock May 2014

        Grassland and heathland wildlife

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        Grassland and heaths under threat

      • Grasslands highlights See all grassland and healthland
      • Yellow gorse flowers

        Commons wildlife

      • Butler's Hanging Scrub Bash, Chiltern Rangers

        Commons under threat

      • Marlow Common woods, by Catherine Andrews

        Chiltern Commons Project (2011-15)

      • Commons highlights See all common land
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        Chilterns hillforts

      • Berkhamsted Castle in the Chilterns AONB

        Historic Chilterns

      • Chilterns Rural Industries and Crafts

        Chilterns rural industries and crafts

      • History and heritage highlights See all history and heritage
  • Our work
    • Managing our landscapes
      Influencing planning and development
      Working together
      Promoting sustainable tourism and business
      Future-proofing the Chilterns
      Preserving history
      Challenging High Speed 2 (HS2)
      Combatting climate change
      Supporting landowners and farmers
      Getting everyone involved
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        State of the environment

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        Getting help with planning

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        Published advice and guidance

      • Overall Winner 2019 River Thames Footbridge

        Celebrating good practice

      • Influencing planning & development highlights All about how we are influencing planning and development
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        Forging partnerships

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        Inspiring young people

      • Three female volunteers sit and have tea and snacks outdoors, two of them wearing hard hats

        Getting together

      • Working together highlights All about how we are working together
      • The Management Plan for the Chilterns National Landscape

        Chilterns Management Plan

      • Chilterns Boundary Review

        Chilterns Boundary Review

      • Future-proofing highlights All about future-proofing the Chilterns
      • Chilterns Heritage and Archaeology Partnership

        Chilterns Heritage and Archaeology Partnership

      • History and heritage

        History and heritage

      • Preserving history highlights All about preserving history
      • HS2 Amersham-vent-shaft-looking-north-Chiltern Society

        The impact of HS2 on the Chilterns

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        The Chilterns Review Group

      • HS2 Leather-Lane-overbridge-looking-west-Nov.-2021-14_100 Chiltern Society

        Useful information and HS2 archive

      • Challenging HS2 highlights How we are Challenging High Speed 2 (HS2)
      • Our Farmer Clusters

        Our farmer clusters

      • Managing your land for nature

        Managing your land for nature

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        Farming in Protected Landscapes

      • Highlights Supporting landowners and farmers
      • Volunteering hub

        Our volunteering hub

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        Tracking the Impact

      • River Chess Smarter Water Catchment

        Citizen science on the river Chess

      • Highlights How we are getting everyone involved
  • Flagship projects
    • Access for All
      Chalk, Cherries and Chairs
      Chalkscapes and Nature Towns & Cities
      Chilterns Chalk Streams Project
      Chilterns Heritage and Archaeology Partnership
      Chilterns New Shoots
      Farming in Protected Landscapes
      Mend the Gap
      Nature Calling
      Not Bourne Yesterday: Chalk Stream Communities of the Chilterns
      River Chess Smarter Water Catchment
      Tracking the Impact
      Past projects
      • Discover the Chilterns

        Countryside access guide

      • Group of people on mobility scooters moving through beechwoods

        Accessible Chilterns

      • Group of people on mobility scooters moving through beechwoods

        Accessibility for Chilterns visitors

      • Beacons of the Past (2018-2023)

        Beacons of the Past (2018-23)

      • Tracking the Impact - results from our bird surveys

        Bird survey results

      • Tracking the Impact - results from our plant surveys

        Plant survey results

      • Tracking the Impact - results from our butterfly surveys

        Butterfly survey results

      • Beacons of the Past (2018-2023)

        Beacons of the Past (2018-23)

      • Sharpenhoe Clappers Woodland in the Chilterns AONB

        Special Trees and Woods Project (2006-10)

      • Open for Business: promoting tourism in the central Chilterns (2020-2023)

        Open for Business (2020-23)

      • Past projects highlights See all past projects
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      • Double-page spread of a magazine with photos of people and plants, a map and the words "Mend the Gap".

        Outstanding Chilterns Magazine

      • The Management Plan for the Chilterns National Landscape

        Chilterns Management Plan

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      • Pitstone windmill at sunset. Photo by Jack Bronziet.

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Princes Risborough

Princes Risborough

Famous for the mysterious chalk cross carved into the hillside above the town, Princes Risborough has many countryside escapes to offer.

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