Knocking Hoe
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.Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: UK Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Also known as: “Knocking Hoe National Nature Reserve”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit and Hexton Chalk Pit.
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.
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 Pirton and Hitchin.
Pirton
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Hitchin
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hitchin is a town with 33,350 inhabitants in 2011 35 mi miles north of London in the county of Hertfordshire. Hitchin is an old market town first mentioned 1,000 years ago.
Shillington
Village
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Knocking Hoe
- Categories: Site of Special Scientific Interest and recreation area
- Location: Shillington, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.964° or 51° 57′ 50″ northLongitude
-0.3548° or 0° 21′ 17″ westOperator
Natural EnglandOpen location code
9C3XXJ7W+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 101979287OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q19874953
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