Coombe Hill i Buckinghamshire

Coombe Hill er ein ås i Chilterns i Buckinghamshire i England. Han ligg ved sidan av grenda Dunsmore, nær den vesle byen Wendover og ovanfor Aylesbury Vale. Han må ikkje forvekslast med Coombe Hill i Haddington Hill, nokre kilometer lenger nordaust.

Mesteparten av åsen var ein gong ein del av landeigedommen Chequers, men vart gjeven til National Trust av dei brititiske styresmaktene då desse fekk eigedomen i 1920-åra.

Åsen er 260 meter høg. Det står eit krigsminnesmerke for dei falne i den andre boerkrigen på toppen av åsen. Dette var eit av dei første og største døma på krigsminnesmerke som vart sett opp til minne for dei falne, og ikkje berre til minne om store sigrar, som gjerne var vanlegare. Monumentet er godt synleg frå området kring og vart reist i 1904.

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Daniel Atkinson
18 August 2011
Look out for landmarks! Didcot Power Station (to the left over Beacon Hill, 23 miles); Croughton domes (near Waddesdon Manor, 24 miles); MK Windfarm (beyond Weston Turville, 27 miles).
Carl Griffin
18 November 2015
Views from the top and wonderful. You can see for miles. Lovely Boer War monument.
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