Weston Hills, Baldock

Weston Hills is an 18 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Baldock in North Hertfordshire. It is owned by Hertfordshire County Council and North Hertfordshire District Council (NHDC) and managed by NHDC.^[1] It was declared a Local Nature Reserve in July 2012,^[2] but is not listed by Natural England.^[3]

The site has grassland, woodland and mixed scrub. Six hectares is chalk grassland, and this is its most important ecological feature and one of the best examples in Hertfordshire; plants are very diverse because the harsh conditions do not allow vigorous species to become dominant. Plants include autumn gentian, clustered bellflower, harebell and six species of orchid. There are slowworms, common lizards and many species of butterfly. Some chalk quarries date back to the Roman period, and there are also ancient earthworks.^[1]

There is access from Chiltern Road, ivel Way and Limekiln Lane,^[2] and from the Icknield Way Path.

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References

1 2 "Newsletter" (PDF). Hertfordshire Wildlife Trusts Partnership. March 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
1 2 "Weston Hills". North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
↑ "Local Nature Reserves: Search Results for Hertfordshire". Nature England. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

Local Nature Reserves in Hertfordshire

Broxbourne	Cheshunt Park Top Field and Cozens Grove

Dacorum	Howe Grove Wood Shrubhill Common

East Hertfordshire	Waterford Heath

Hertsmere	Fisher's Field Furzefield Wood and Lower Halfpenny Hilfield Park Reservoir

North Hertfordshire	Ivel Springs Norton Common Oughtonhead Common Purwell Meadows Therfield Heath Weston Hills

St Albans	Batford Springs Colney Heath Marshalls Heath Watercress Wildlife Site Wheathampstead The Wick

Three Rivers	Chorleywood Common Chorleywood House Estate Croxley Common Moor Oxhey Woods Prestwick Road Meadows Rickmansworth Aquadrome Stockers Lake The Withey Beds

Watford	Albans Wood Cassiobury Park Garston Park Harebreaks Wood The Lairage Land

Welwyn Hatfield	The Commons Danesbury Park Howe Dell Mardley Heath Northaw Great Wood Country Park Oxleys Wood Sherrardspark Wood Singlers Marsh Stanborough Reedmarsh

Coordinates: 51°48′15″N 0°10′55″W / 51.8042°N 0.18189°W / 51.8042; -0.18189

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