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Hexton

Hexton is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Hitchin.

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The place

Hexton is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Hitchin.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hexton

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Barton Hills, Bedfordshire

    Barton Hills are situated southeast of the village of Barton-le-Clay in the English county of Bedfordshire. They are part of the Chilterns and hiking routes are marked on maps at the entrance to the hills.

    1.8 km · nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest near Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Margaret, Streatley, Bedfordshire

    Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed church in Streatley, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 3 February 1967.

    3.9 km · church in Streatley, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Faith (Church of England)

    Saint Faith's Church, Hexton is the Anglican parish church for the village of Hexton, Hertfordshire. The church is within the parish of Barton-le-Clay in the Diocese of St Albans.

    100 m · church in Hexton, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Galley and Warden Hills

    Galley and Warden Hills is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve in the parish of Streatley, Bedfordshire, England. The 47-hectare site was notified in 1986 under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 by South Bedfordshire District Council.

    3.9 km · hills which overlook Warden Hill, Luton · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills

    Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills is an 86.1-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sharpenhoe in Bedfordshire. Most of it is a National Trust property comprising Sundon Hills, Moleskin and Markham Hills, Sharpenhoe Clappers and Smithcombe Hills.

    3.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Nicholas, Barton le Clay

    Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed church in Barton le Clay, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 3 February 1967.

    2 km · church in Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Knocking Hoe

    Knocking Hoe is a 7.7-hectare National Nature Reserve and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Pegsdon in Bedfordshire. It is mentioned in A Nature Conservation Review.

    2.6 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Deacon Hill

    Deacon Hill SSSI is a 35.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Pegsdon in Bedfordshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is part of the Pegsdon Hills and Hoo Bit nature reserve, managed by Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

    2 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Pegsdon in Bedfordshire, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hexton

Airports
London Luton (LTN), 10 km · London Stansted (STN), 44 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 55 km
  • London → Hexton
    54 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £6–9
  • London, Essex → Hexton
    54 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £6–9
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Hexton
    118 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £12–16
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hexton

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hexton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt's a major hub for the budget airlines easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air, and for charter flights by Tui.

From Wikivoyage: Luton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    155 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    308 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    391 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    509 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    544 km

If you know how people move in Hexton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Hexton

Hexton is 46 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Barton-le-Clayvillage in and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom2.2 km
  • Streatleyvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK3.5 km
  • Higham Gobionvillage in Bedfordshire, England, UK2.4 km
  • Sharpenhoevillage in Bedfordshire, England, UK3.8 km
  • Pegsdonvillage in Bedfordshire, England, UK1.3 km
  • Apsley Endvillage in Bedfordshire, UK3.2 km