Chalbury Hill
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- Not to be confused with Chalbury hill fort
| Chalbury Hill | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church - Chalbury | |
| Summit: | 330 feet SU018068 50°51’40"N, 1°58’30"W |
Chalbury Hill is a small hill in south-eastern in Dorset, just 330 feet high but providing a fine view over the countryside on all sides. On its summit stands the little village of Chalbury, and its highest point is crowned by the little parish church.
The hill rises up very gently on the east side of the River Allen, and beyond it to west and south the Stour while further to the east are the converging streams of the Crane and Hampshire Avon.
The view from the top of Chalbury Hill has been described as "one of the most fascinating in the county".[1] The Dorset broadcaster Ralph Wightman wrote of the hill and its view:
Here there is a hill which is only three hundred feet high but which manages to give a wonderful view over woodland, heath, fertile chalk and the distant Isle of Wight. This feeling of immense space seen from relatively small hills is a blessed peculiarity of Dorset.[2]
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chalbury) |