Cholesbury
Cholesbury is a village in the civil parish of Cholesbury-cum-St. Leonards, in Buckinghamshire, England, on the border with Hertfordshire. It is situated in the Chiltern Hills, about 4 miles east of Wendover, 5 mi north of Chesham and 5 mi from Berkhamsted.Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cholesbury Camp and Hawridge Windmill.
Cholesbury Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Paul Downey, CC BY 2.0.
Cholesbury Camp is a large and well-preserved Iron Age hill fort on the northern edge of the village of Cholesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. It is roughly oval-shaped and covers an area, including ramparts, of 15 acres, and measures approximately 310 m north-east to south-west by 230 m north-west to south-east.
Hawridge Windmill
Windmill
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawridge Windmill which is also known as Cholesbury Windmill is a disused tower mill in Hawridge, Buckinghamshire. The mill was constructed on the site of an earlier smock mill and became a private residence in 1913 when the first occupier, the writer Gilbert Cannan used it as a studio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buckland Common and Hawridge.
Buckland Common
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Buckland Common is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, 4 miles east of Wendover and the same distance south of Tring in Hertfordshire with which it shares a boundary.
Hawridge
Hamlet
Photo: Tmol42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hawridge is a small village in the Chilterns in the county of Buckinghamshire, England and bordering the county boundary with Hertfordshire. It is 3 miles from Chesham, 4 miles from both Tring and Berkhamsted.
Bellingdon
Village
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bellingdon is a village in the civil parish of Chartridge, in Buckinghamshire, England. The name derives from the Anglo Saxon Bellingdenu or Bella's Valley, and is recorded as Belenden in the 15th century.
Cholesbury
- Type: Village with 326 residents
- Description: village in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.75508° or 51° 45′ 18″ northLongitude
-0.65112° or 0° 39′ 4″ westPopulation
326Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)Open location code
9C3XQ84X+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 263363767OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2653099Wikidata ID
Q5104312
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cholesbury” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تشلسبوري”
- Dutch: “Cholesbury”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تشلسبورى”
- French: “Cholesbury”
- Irish: “Cholesbury”
- Polish: “Cholesbury”
- Portuguese: “Cholesbury”
- Swedish: “Cholesbury”
- Welsh: “Cholesbury”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hawridge & Cholesbury Cricket Club and Cholesbury Village Hall.
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