38 photographs in the Chalk Downland section of the Places and Objects collection.
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Barton crop circle 01
Crop circles in the fields beneath Barton Hills, Bedfordshire
Downland 01
Downland
Downland 02
Downland
Downland 03
Downland
Downland 04
Downland
Dunstable Downs 01
A panorama of chalk downland near Dunstable.
Dunstable Downs 02
Many hedgerows still remain in this chalk farmland near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon 02
View from Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon 03
View from Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon 05
View from Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon 07
View from Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon 08
View from Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon 10
View from Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon 18
View from Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon 21
View from Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon 26
View from Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon Car Park 22
Ivinghoe Beacon Car Park 22.
Ivinghoe Beacon Chalky Field 09
Chalky fields with emerging wheat near Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon Chalky Field 11
Chalky fields with emerging wheat near Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon Chalky Field 12
Chalky fields with emerging wheat near Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon Chalky Field 16
Chalky fields with emerging wheat near Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon Chalky Field 17
Chalky fields with emerging wheat near Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon Chalky Field 27
Chalky fields with emerging wheat near Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon Chalky Field soil disc 28
Ivinghoe Beacon Chalky Field soil disc 28.
Ivinghoe Beacon Kite Flying
Catching the wind on top of Ivinghoe Beacon, near Dunstable.
Ivinghoe Beacon ridgeline29
Ivinghoe Beacon ridgeline29.
Sharpenhoe panorama
View from Sharpenhoe Clappers, Bedfordshire
Sharpenhoe panorama 01
View from Sharpenhoe Clappers, Bedfordshire. Trees grow on the slopes of the chalk hills.
Sharpenhoe panorama 02
View from Sharpenhoe Clappers, Bedfordshire.
Sharpenhoe panorama 03
View from Sharpenhoe Clappers, Bedfordshire. Fields are large but some of the old hedges have survived.
Sharpenhoe panorama 05
View from Sharpenhoe Clappers, Bedfordshire. A village has been established on the flat plain but it is protected from the winds by plenty of trees.
St Catherines Hill Winchester Panorama
View across the Itchen valley from St Catherine's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire.
St Catherines Hill Winchester Panorama 01
View from St Catherine's Hill across the Itchen valley to St Cross Hospital.
St Catherines Hill Winchester Panorama 02
View over the Itchen valley and Navigation Canal.
St Catherines Hill Winchester Panorama 03
View from St Catherine's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire, across the Itchen valley to Winchester.
St Catherines Hill Winchester Panorama 04
Woodland on the edge of Winchester, seen from St Catherine's Hill.
St Catherines Hill Winchester Panorama 05
Landscape in the Itchen Valley near Winchester.
St Catherines Hill Winchester Panorama 06
View from St Catherine's Hill, Winchester, Hampshire
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