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Ancient trackways ridgeway to pitstone hill ivinghoe beacon
Pitstone Hill is a 22.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Importance east of Pitstone in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is crossed by the Ridgeway National Trail.
Contents
- Ancient trackways ridgeway to pitstone hill ivinghoe beacon
- Ashridge park mountain biking from pitstone hill
- References
The site is chalk grassland on a steeply sloping hill, with small areas of woodland and scrub. The richest areas botanically are the lower and steeper slopes, with plants including the nationally scarce pasque flower and field fleawort. Twenty-six species of butterfly have been recorded, and breeding birds include skylarks, meadow pipits and willow warblers.
There is access from Stocks Road.
Ashridge park mountain biking from pitstone hill
References
Pitstone Hill Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA