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

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.
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.
- 01Barton 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 - 02Church 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 - 03Church 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 - 04Galley 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 - 05Smithcombe, 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 - 06Church 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 - 07Knocking 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 - 08Deacon 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 → Hexton54 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £6–9
- London, Essex → Hexton54 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £6–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Hexton118 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £12–16
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- 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.
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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