# Whiteleaf Hill

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Local nature reserve in Buckinghamshire, England

**Whiteleaf Hill** is an 11 hectares (27 acres) [Local Nature Reserve](/source/Local_Nature_Reserve) near [Princes Risborough](/source/Princes_Risborough) in [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire). It is owned by [Buckinghamshire County Council](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Council) and managed by the Chiltern Society.[1][2][3] it is in the [Chilterns](/source/Chilterns) [Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty](/source/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty),[4] and it has five scheduled ancient monuments, including some dating to the [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic) and [Bronze Ages](/source/Bronze_Age),[5] and the [Whiteleaf Cross](/source/Whiteleaf_Cross), a chalk carving thought to date to the eighteenth century.[6]

The southern half of the site is semi-natural beech woodland which dates back to at least 1600. Most of the mature trees were lost during storms in the late twentieth century, but they have been replaced by scrub which is regenerating into forest. Birds include [whitethroats](/source/Common_whitethroat), and there are butterflies such as the [speckled wood](/source/Speckled_wood_(butterfly)) and the [peacock](/source/Aglais_io).[7]

The [Ridgeway National Trail](/source/Ridgeway_National_Trail) goes through the site, and there is access from Peters Lane, which separates it from [Brush Hill Local Nature Reserve](/source/Brush_Hill_Local_Nature_Reserve).

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Whiteleaf Hill](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Whiteleaf_Hill).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LNR_1-0)** ["Whiteleaf Hill"](http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=4&N=&ID=539). Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LNRmap_2-0)** ["Map of Whiteleaf Hill"](http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271009272%27). Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Six Special Places"](http://www.chilternsociety.org.uk/new_sites.php). Chiltern Society. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Whiteleaf Hill and Whiteleaf Cross"](http://www.chilternsaonb.org/ccbmaps/659/137/whiteleaf-hill-and-whiteleaf-cross.html). Chilterns Conservation Board. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The History of Whiteleaf"](http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140713021321/http%3A//www.buckscc.gov.uk/media/131151/WLX_booklet.pdf) (PDF). Buckinghamshire County Council. Archived from [the original](http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/media/131151/WLX_booklet.pdf) (PDF) on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Hill figure on Whiteleaf Hill, known as the Whiteleaf Cross"](https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1014597). [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). Retrieved 29 October 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Wildlife"](http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140713021404/http%3A//www.buckscc.gov.uk/media/131167/WLX_Wildlife.pdf) (PDF). Buckinghamshire County Council. Archived from [the original](http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/media/131167/WLX_Wildlife.pdf) (PDF) on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

## External links

- [Map of Whiteleaf and Brush Hills](http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/media/131163/WLX_Map.pdf)

- [History and Archaeology](http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/media/131159/WLX_History_Arch.pdf)

- [A short summary of the geological past which can be viewed on or near Whiteleaf Hill](http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/media/131155/WLX_Geology.pdf)

[51°43′42″N 0°48′38″W / 51.728244°N 0.810517°W / 51.728244; -0.810517](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Whiteleaf_Hill&params=51.728244_N_0.810517_W_type:landmark_region:GB)

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