Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards

Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards is a civil parish in the English county of Buckinghamshire. It lies in the Chiltern Hills just to the north of Chesham, on the boundary with Hertfordshire.

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Type: Locality with 948 residents
Description: civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England
Also known as: “Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards (civil parish), Buckinghamshire” and “Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, Buckinghamshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cholesbury Camp and Church of St Mary.

Cholesbury Camp

Archaeological site

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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.

Church of St Mary

Church

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St John’s Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tring and Chesham.

Tring

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Tring is a commuter town of 12,000 people in Hertfordshire, England. It site in a gap passing through the Chiltern Hills, classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is 30 miles from central London within the London commuter belt.

Chesham

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Chesham is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 11 miles south-east of the county town of Aylesbury, about 26 miles north-west of central London, and part of the London commuter belt.