Editing Downland (section)

==Distribution==
[[File:Downland in southern England.svg|thumb|Downland areas in southern England]]
The largest area of downland in southern England is formed by [[Salisbury Plain]], mainly in [[Wiltshire]]. To the southwest, downlands continue via [[Cranborne Chase]] into [[Dorset]] as the [[Dorset Downs]] and southwards through [[Hampshire]] as the [[Hampshire Downs]] onto the [[Isle of Wight]]. To the northeast, downlands continue along the [[Berkshire Downs]] and [[Chiltern Hills]] through parts of [[Berkshire]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Bedfordshire]] and into [[Cambridgeshire]]. To the east downlands are found north of [[the Weald]] in [[Surrey]], [[Kent]] and part of [[Greater London]], forming the [[North Downs]]. To the southeast the downlands continue into [[West Sussex]] and [[East Sussex]] as the [[South Downs]].<ref name="Bettey_2002"/> Similar chalk hills are also found further north in [[Lincolnshire]] and [[Yorkshire]] where they are known as [[the Wolds]].