Pegsdon
Pegsdon is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is part of the Shillington civil parish, and is almost encircled by the county border with Hertfordshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Bedfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Pegsdon, Bedfordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit and Knocking Hoe.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hexton and Barton Hills.
Hexton
Village
Photo: Robin Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 Hills is situated 1½ miles west of Pegsdon.
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 north of Pegsdon.
Pegsdon
- Category: village
- Location: Shillington, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Pegsdon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بغسدن”
- Dutch: “Pegsdon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بجسدن”
- French: “Pegsdon”
- Irish: “Pegsdon”
- Persian: “پگزتون”
- Polish: “Pegsdon”
- Turkish: “Pegsdon”
- Welsh: “Pegsdon”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Pegsdon”. Photo: Richard Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.