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Pirton

Pirton is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of , England. It lies 3 miles north-west of the town of , and adjoins the border with . At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,452.
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  • Type: Village with 1,270 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England
  • Also known as: “Pirton, Hertfordshire”
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

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

Nature reserve
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 7.7-hectare National Nature Reserve and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near in . It is mentioned in A Nature Conservation Review.

Church
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Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hitchin and Shillington.

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town with 33,350 inhabitants in 2011 35 mi miles north of in the county of . is an old market town first mentioned 1,000 years ago.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England. In the south of the parish the hamlet of includes the Pegsdon hills nature reserve and is a salient of the county into .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the North Hertfordshire district of , England. It lies immediately north of the town of , from which it is separated by the River Oughton. is situated 2 miles east of Pirton.

Pirton

Latitude
51.9724° or 51° 58′ 21″ north
Longitude
-0.3294° or 0° 19′ 46″ west
Population
1,270
Elevation
259 feet (79 metres)
Open location code
9C3XXMCC+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29359058
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640267
Wiki­data ID
Q7198115
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Pirton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pirton”
  • Dutch: “Pirton”
  • French: “Pirton”
  • Irish: “Pirton”
  • Japanese: “パートン”
  • Ladin: “Pirton (Hertfordshire)”
  • Ladin: “Pirton”
  • Polish: “Pirton (Hertfordshire)”
  • Polish: “Pirton”
  • Spanish: “Pirton”
  • Swedish: “Pirton, Hertfordshire”
  • Swedish: “Pirton”
  • Turkish: “Pirton, Hertfordshire”
  • Welsh: “Pirton, Swydd Hertford”
  • Welsh: “Pirton”
  • “Pirton”

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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 “Pirton”. Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.