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Ivinghoe Hills

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Ivinghoe Hills is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Buckinghamshire, covering 2.1 km². It is one of 62 SSSIs in the county. Only three of the county's SSSIs are larger. It lies within the Chilterns National Landscape.

Other SSSIs nearby include Ashridge Commons and Woods and Pitstone Hill. For arrivals by rail, Tring Station is about 2.4 km to the south-west.

More places to visit near Ivinghoe Hills

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 Bridgewater Monument, a folly near Aldbury in the Chilterns, Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Bridgewater Monument

Folly near Aldbury

Granite column of 1832 rising above the Ashridge beeches near Aldbury, climbable in summer for a thirty-mile view across the Chilterns.

2.6 km S

Photo of Ashridge Estate, a country estate near Aldbury in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Ashridge Estate

Country estate near Aldbury

Beech woods and chalk downs on the Chilterns edge.

2.7 km S

Photo of Whipsnade White Lion, a hill figure near Ivinghoe in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Whipsnade White Lion

Hill figure near Ivinghoe

A vast recumbent lion cut into Dunstable Downs in the early 1930s to mark the zoo below — big enough to see from the air.

3.7 km NE

Photo of Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, a folly near Ivinghoe in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Whipsnade Tree Cathedral

Folly near Ivinghoe

A ten-acre garden planted between the wars in the outline of a cathedral, with grass avenues for nave and transepts and 'walls' of trees, a memorial to the fallen.

5 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 km SW