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- Stokenchurch_Gap abstract "The Stokenchurch Gap, also known as the Aston Rowant Cutting or Aston Hill cutting (from the nearby village of Aston Rowant), or locally \"The Canyon\" is a steep chalk cutting, constructed through the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire, England during the early 1970s for the M40 motorway. It is 1,200 metres long and a maximum of 47 metres deep, and is located approximately eight miles (13 km) from High Wycombe and close to the village of Stokenchurch. Despite the names, the cutting is in the parish of Lewknor rather than Aston Rowant or Stokenchurch. The cutting is mainly through the Upper Chalk, with some Middle Chalk seen at its base. The cutting is a Site of Special Scientific Interest of geological importance. It provides the best Coniacian section in central England.The curved route of the cutting was designed to mitigate impact on the skyline, and to fit the local topography. The construction of this section of the M40 (junctions 5–8) was at the time extremely controversial, since the cutting through the Chiltern Hills was driven through the middle of the ecologically-important Aston Rowant NNR. Conservation groups were appalled at the unexpected decision of the inspector at the public inquiry to reject their claims that the national nature reserve designation implied a fully protected landscape which should in no circumstances be damaged. Their alternative proposals for a tunnelled solution, or a route on-line with the existing A40, were rejected.To a great degree, the inspector's decision, and the subsequent endorsement of that decision by the Secretary of State, proved a \"wake-up\" call to conservation groups across the country, so that when a similar case arose in the 1980s regarding the Winchester-Bypass section of the M3 at Twyford Down a far more robust — though ultimately unsuccessful — response was forthcoming.Drivers often note significant changes in weather conditions on passing through the cutting, sometimes with clear conditions on one side, and rain and low cloud on the other. It is also well known for making people's ears \"pop\" as they travel through, due to changes in air pressure and gradient on the motorway.Red kites are commonly seen flying within the cutting or on the surrounding downland, making their return after their persecution by game keepers in Victorian times following a successful reintroduction programme organised by the RSPB and Natural England, which selected the Aston Rowant NNR as one of four initial sites in the UK for a captive release programme using birds brought in from Spain. The scheme has been so successful that the population has grown to over 200 pairs and is now self-generating and supplies birds for similar release programmes elsewhere in the UK.An aerial shot of the cutting looking northwest is shown during the opening titles of the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.".
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- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Aston_Rowant.
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- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink BBC.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chiltern_Hills.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hills_of_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Category:Landforms_of_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Category:Road_cuttings_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Category:Transport_in_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Chalk.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Chalk_Group.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Chiltern_Hills.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Coniacian.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Cut_(earthmoving).
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink England.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink High_Wycombe.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Lewknor.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink M3_motorway_(Great_Britain).
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink M40_motorway.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Middle_Chalk.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink National_nature_reserve_(United_Kingdom).
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Natural_England.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Public_inquiry.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Red_kite.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Society_for_the_Protection_of_Birds.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Sitcom.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Spain.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Stokenchurch.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink The_Vicar_of_Dibley.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Twyford_Down.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Victorian_era.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink Winchester.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLink File:M40_-_Chiltern_Cutting_-_Stokenchurch.jpg.
- Stokenchurch_Gap wikiPageWikiLinkText "Stokenchurch Gap".
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- Stokenchurch_Gap subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap subject Category:Chiltern_Hills.
- Stokenchurch_Gap subject Category:Hills_of_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap subject Category:Landforms_of_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap subject Category:Road_cuttings_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Stokenchurch_Gap subject Category:Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap subject Category:Transport_in_Oxfordshire.
- Stokenchurch_Gap hypernym Cutting.
- Stokenchurch_Gap point "51.66166666666667 -0.9380555555555555".
- Stokenchurch_Gap type Area.
- Stokenchurch_Gap type RailwayLine.
- Stokenchurch_Gap type Area.
- Stokenchurch_Gap type Site.
- Stokenchurch_Gap type SpatialThing.
- Stokenchurch_Gap comment "The Stokenchurch Gap, also known as the Aston Rowant Cutting or Aston Hill cutting (from the nearby village of Aston Rowant), or locally \"The Canyon\" is a steep chalk cutting, constructed through the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire, England during the early 1970s for the M40 motorway. It is 1,200 metres long and a maximum of 47 metres deep, and is located approximately eight miles (13 km) from High Wycombe and close to the village of Stokenchurch.".
- Stokenchurch_Gap label "Stokenchurch Gap".
- Stokenchurch_Gap sameAs Q7618516.
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- Stokenchurch_Gap wasDerivedFrom Stokenchurch_Gap?oldid=666430569.
- Stokenchurch_Gap depiction M40_-_Chiltern_Cutting_-_Stokenchurch.jpg.
- Stokenchurch_Gap isPrimaryTopicOf Stokenchurch_Gap.