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Hexton Chalk Pit

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The reserve is on the left of the road signposted "Lilley" from Hexton. There is also access by a footpath, signposted "circular walk", from Barton Hill Road, close to the
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and rockrose. There are five species of orchid and a large colony of
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butterflies. The site has extensive views over the countryside.
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Hexton
North Hertfordshire
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust
horseshoe vetch
yellow-wort
milkwort
chalkhill blue
Icknield Way Path
"Hexton Chalk Pit"
the original
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Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust
Dacorum
Aldbury Nowers
Alpine Meadow
Long Deans
Tring Reservoirs
East Hertfordshire
Amwell Quarry
Balls Wood
Danemead
Hertford Heath
Hunsdon and Eastwick Meads
King's Meads
Patmore Heath
Rye Meads
Tewin Orchard and Hopkyns Wood

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