Hexton
Hexton is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, about 6 miles west of Hitchin. This parish is a salient of Hertfordshire jutting northwards into Bedfordshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robin Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 123 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England
- Also known as: “Hexton, Hertfordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hexton Chalk Pit and Ravensburgh Castle.
Hexton Chalk Pit
Nature reserve
Hexton Chalk Pit is a 1.9-hectare nature reserve in Hexton in North Hertfordshire, managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. It is grassland with steep slopes and many chalk-loving plants such as horseshoe vetch, yellow-wort, milkwort and rockrose.
Ravensburgh Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravensburgh Castle is an archaeological site.
Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit
Nature reserve
Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit is a 79-hectare nature reserve in Pegsdon in Bedfordshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barton Hills and Barton-le-Clay.
Barton Hills
Locality
Photo: Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barton Hills are situated southeast of the village of Barton-le-Clay in the English county of Bedfordshire. They are part of the Chilterns and hiking routes are marked on maps at the entrance to the hills.
Barton-le-Clay
Village
Photo: Tom Presland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barton-le-Clay is a large village and a civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, bordering Hertfordshire. In 2021 the parish had a population of 4,937.
Hexton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Hexton, North Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.96086° or 51° 57′ 39″ northLongitude
-0.39252° or 0° 23′ 33″ westPopulation
123Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HXTOpen location code
9C3XXJ64+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 29359049OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Hexton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hexton”
- Cebuano: “Hexton”
- Dutch: “Hexton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هيكستون”
- French: “Hexton”
- Irish: “Hexton”
- Italian: “Hexton”
- Ladin: “Hexton”
- Polish: “Hexton”
- Swedish: “Hexton”
- Turkish: “Hexton”
- Welsh: “Hexton”
- “Hexton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hexton Junior Mixed and Infant School and St Faith’s Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hexton”. Photo: Robin Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.