Highdown Plantation

Highdown Plantation is a tree in England, United Kingdom. Highdown Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Burge End, as well as near Pegsdon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knocking Hoe and Church of St Mary (Church of England).

Knocking Hoe

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Knocking Hoe is a 7.7-hectare National Nature Reserve and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Pegsdon in Bedfordshire. It is mentioned in A Nature Conservation Review.

Church of St Mary (Church of England)

Church

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pirton and Apsley End.

Pirton is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 3 miles north-west of the town of Hitchin, and adjoins the border with Bedfordshire. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,452.

Apsley End

Locality

Shillington is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. In the south of the parish the hamlet of Pegsdon includes the Pegsdon hills nature reserve and is a salient of the county into Hertfordshire. Apsley End is situated 2 miles northwest of Highdown Plantation.

Bearton

Suburb

Photo: David Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bearton was a small hamlet lying to the north of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. It was incorporated into Hitchin over a century ago, and now forms part of the Hitchin Bearton ward of North Hertfordshire District Council. Bearton is situated 2 miles east of Highdown Plantation.