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This track going up Uffcott Down reveals the hard, slippery White (Upper) Chalk... (more)

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Clearly visible on satellite images, a mound of chalk is behind a fence at the... (more)

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A post-medieval lime kiln is buried within this chalk quarry, see... (more)

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What from a distance I took to be frost turned out to be patches of chalk thrown... (more)

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The abandoned spade handle provides a useful scale. Creating the high ridges has... (more)

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The border of this field was seeded with many golf balls which had been hit... (more)

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This is the beach at the bottom of the Smuggler's Path which runs down from... (more)

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This large chalk block (see OS map for scale) has tumbled from the cliffs of... (more)

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The exposed chalk cliff in this disused chalk pit now run as a restricted entry... (more)

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Looking from East Over towards the chalk cliffs on the landward side of the cove.

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Is not allowed. And hitting the chalk with a lump of rock while standing... (more)

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Too poor for wheat to grow on.

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The nearest part of the field is about 125 metres above sea level.

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About 85 metres above sea level.

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On the 1850 large-scale OS map, 'The grits' is the name given to this... (more)

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In about 200 metres it bends slightly to make use of the route of the former... (more)

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The distant buildings are at Station Farm.

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Open access land on this side of the dale.

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The ploughed soil is white with chalk.

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Thatched cottage built out of blocks of chalk rock.

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Father and son setting out for a walk on the Herepath, which is now part of the... (more)

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Oilseed rape in bloom on the chalk downland on Ogbourne Down. Four-mile clump... (more)

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This former chalk quarry is now home to Bluewater Shopping Centre, see... (more)

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Chalk cliff near Devonshire Road.

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Bright white chalk, recently dug from the ditch, lines the bridleway north of Upton Grey.

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They built roads but unfortunately the course of the Chichester-Silchester road... (more)

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While this depression is generally known as the Bomb Hole, its correct name is... (more)

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The eastern side of the dale here is open access land.

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Looking towards Bat's Head.

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A request from the National Trust for visitors not to walk on the hill figure.

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A linear feature leading directly to Sidbury Hill can clearly be seen after a... (more)

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Snail Down is an Early Bronze Age barrow cemetery on Salisbury Plain. There are... (more)

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Weather Hill is to the left of the picture in the distance. There is also a... (more)

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Gorse in bloom beside the Ridgeway Link in... (more)

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This is the view east from the smuggler's path close to the top of the... (more)

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Mid summer had left the bed of the Ebble completely dry. For the same view in... (more)

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A very long thatched barn in Rockley which is in the process of restoration. The... (more)

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These two chalk stacks are separated from the main cliffs at Botany Bay by just... (more)

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This is the smaller of two chalk stacks on Botany Bay north of Kingsgate on the... (more)

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The glacial deposits of the cliffs are underlain by chalk.

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The glacial deposits of the cliffs are underlain by chalk.

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On the north side of a dry chalk valley.

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On the north side of the dry chalk valley.

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'Infield Fall' is the name given to this area in the large-scale OS... (more)

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The line across the second green field marks the route of the Malton &... (more)

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Descending very gently from 65 metres above sea level.

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Garton West Field, east of Wetwang Grange.

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This is the point at which the A3 cuts through the South Downs, revealing the... (more)

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The coastline immediately north of Flamborough Head consists of dramatic white... (more)

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