The Chiltern Hills Aonb

Walking the forests of the chilterns spotting deer and hanging in hammocks.
The chiltern hills aonb. The chilterns aonb is a living working area of countryside whose character has been shaped by people for centuries. About 70 of chiltern district is within the chilterns area of outstanding natural beauty aonb. Short breaks call for a short journey so visitors from london and oxford will find the chilterns hard to beat. This is an area of distinctive landscape with special qualities which is of national importance.
Quick to reach by train or by car and easy to explore with boots buggies bikes or boats no time is wasted in discovering just why this is the last undiscovered area of outstanding natural beauty in england. Chiltern hills trail map just north of london lies some of the best walking around any big city on earth. The board has also published a wide range of detailed guidance on building restoring and renovating properties in the chilterns. Its designation as an aonb in 1965 recognised that the chiltern hills contain some of the finest landscapes in the country which are worthy of protection at the highest level.
They form a chalk escarpment across oxfordshire buckinghamshire hertfordshire and bedfordshire. The chiltern hills or as they are known locally and historically the chilterns is a range of hills northwest of london. A large portion of the hills was designated officially as an area of outstanding natural beauty in 1965.