Ley Hill

Coordinates: 51°42′00″N 0°33′54″W / 51.700°N 0.565°W / 51.700; -0.565

For the area in Birmingham, England see Ley Hill, Birmingham

Ley Hill is a Chiltern village on the Bucks/Herts border near the town of Chesham in south-east England. It is part of the civil parish of Latimer and Ley Hill, and comes under Chiltern District Council in the County of Buckinghamshire. Ley Hill lies in the Chiltern Hills and is contiguous with Botley. It is a small rural village and relatively peaceful. It has an active village community, with events held throughout the year, including the annual village produce show and carol singing on the common at Christmas. There are many routes through woods and fields for country walks or bike rides.

Symbols

The golf club uses a green woodpecker as its symbol. The school uses the owl as its symbol. The cricket club uses an oak tree as its symbol and The Swan pub is named after the swan which is the symbol of Bucks County. In 2000 a village sign was hung up on the Common which incorporates an owl as the unofficial village emblem.