Unlike any other National Park, it would include an area of chalk downland.

To the north the village has cultivated chalk downland and extensive mixed woodland.

In 2009 permission was given by the landowners to clear trees from the site and return it to chalk downland.

The countryside becomes a series of chalk downland and deep valleys.

It is one of the four main areas of chalk downland in southern England.

It is a chalk downland and thus part of the Dorset Downs.

The chalk downland provides an important habitat for insects.

Much remaining chalk downland has been protected against future development, due to its unique biodiversity.

Much of this area of chalk downland is now a nature reserve.

The southern part of the parish is chalk downland and includes a number of prehistoric sites.