The Dunstable Downs are a chalk escarpment and a high point of the
Chiltern Hills. Parts are owned by the Bedforshire County Council
and administered by the National
Trust who have a visitor centre on site. The views across the
Vale of Aylesbury are spectacular.
It is a very popular site for kite flying with an annual "Kite Festival" in the summer and the London Gliding
Club has its headquarters and landing field at the foot of the Downs. Originally gliders were "launched"
from the top of the Downs by men pulling ropes. Nowadays winches and aircrfat are used.
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