Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit
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.- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve in Bedfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Pegsdon Hills”
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pirton and Hitchin.
Pirton
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
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.Barton-le-Clay
Village
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.
Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit
- Categories: hill chain, recreation area, and grassland
- Location: Shillington, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.9539° or 51° 57′ 14″ north
Longitude
-0.3686° or 0° 22′ 7″ west
Open location code
9C3XXJ3J+GH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pegsdon Hills”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Noon Hill and Clark’s Hill.
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Highlights include Deacon Hill and The Meg.
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