Hexton Chalk Pit

{{Short description|Chalk quarry in Hertfordshire, England}}

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Hexton Chalk Pit is a {{convert|1.9|hectare|acre|adj=on}} 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. There are five species of orchid and a large colony of chalkhill blue butterflies. The site has extensive views over the countryside.{{cite web|url=http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/hexton-chalk-pit|title=Hexton Chalk Pit|publisher=Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust|accessdate=12 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404004137/http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/hexton-chalk-pit|archive-date=4 April 2015|url-status=dead}}

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 Icknield Way Path.

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