The Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Berkshire Downs were wholly within Berkshire until the 1974 reorganisation of local government boundaries divided them between the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. The name "White Horse Downs" was proposed following the 1974 change in county boundaries, but has not been widely adopted.
The western parts of the downs are also known as the Lambourn Downs.
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