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Photo: Wendover Woods, a 268m hill in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, south east England.

© Chris Reynolds / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Wendover Woods

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Wendover Woods tops out at 268 m in Buckinghamshire. It counts among the 1,546 Marilyns, British hills with at least 150 m of drop on every side. It is the highest point of Buckinghamshire. It stands inside the Chilterns National Landscape.

The nearest other hill is Pavis Wood, 2.4 km to the east. The nearest railway station is Wendover, 2.8 km to the south-west.

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More places to visit near Wendover Woods

Photo of the Chilterns, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Chilterns

You’re inside itNational Landscape near The Lee

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

Photo of Natural History Museum at Tring, a visitor attraction in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Natural History Museum at Tring

Attraction near Tring

Walter Rothschild's own zoological museum in Tring, its Victorian galleries crammed with mounted animals from around the world.

4 km NE

Photo of Tring Reservoirs, a reservoir near Marsworth in the Chilterns, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Tring Reservoirs

Reservoir near Marsworth

Four Victorian reservoirs built to feed the Grand Union Canal on the Chiltern edge near Tring, now a noted birdwatching reserve.

5.4 km NE

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

5.8 km NE · spans 9 counties

Photo of College Lake, a nature reserve near Marsworth, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

College Lake

Nature reserve near Marsworth

Nature reserve in a former chalk quarry near Pitstone, with wetland birds, chalk flowers and a lakeside visitor centre.

6.7 km NE

Photo along the Hertfordshire Way, a 195-mile long-distance path in eastern England.Highlight

Hertfordshire Way

Long-distance path

Hertfordshire's grand circuit from the Royce Stone at Royston — chalk streams, commons and country houses for nearly 200 miles.

6.9 km NE · Hertfordshire