11-515: Barton Hills could refer to: Barton Hills, Bedfordshire , England in the Chilterns near Barton-le-Clay (including a National Nature Reserve) Barton Hills, Michigan , United States Barton Hills, Austin, Texas , a neighborhood in Austin, Texas See also [ edit ] Barton Hill (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
22-556: A further merger produced the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire and Peterborough in 1994. Peterborough was dropped from the name (but still covered by the trust) in 2011. Fifty-two reserves are Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), six are Ramsar wetland sites of international importance , six are Special Protection Areas under the European Union Directive on
33-506: A registered charity which manages 126 nature reserves covering 3,945 hectares (15.23 square miles). It has over 35,000 members, and 95% of people in Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire live within five miles of a reserve. As of 31 March 2016 it employed 105 people and had an income of £5.1 million. It aims to conserve wildlife, inspire people to take action for wildlife, offer advice and share knowledge. The WTBCN
44-464: Is Barton Gravel Pit , a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire . 51°57′22″N 0°25′05″W / 51.956°N 0.418°W / 51.956; -0.418 Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire (WTBCN) is
55-528: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 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. From the foot of the hillside, a spring (Barton Springs) marks
66-762: Is one of 36 wildlife trusts covering England, and 46 covering the whole of the United Kingdom. In 1912 Charles Rothschild formed the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves to protect sites considered "worthy of preservation". The society worked to secure statutory protection, and this began with the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 . In 1959 the society took on a coordinating role for local wildlife trusts, which covered
77-556: The Church or Footpath 1 at the southern end of Old Road. In the 21st century, the Hills were used as a training ground by undercover operative Morten Storm and Islamic terrorists from nearby Luton . To the east of the main reserve area, near the border between Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire , ( 51°57′28″N 0°24′11″W / 51.9577°N 0.4031°W / 51.9577; -0.4031 ( Barton Gravel Pit ) ) there
88-487: The hillside to the west of the stream which issues from Barton Springs. The reserve is the main site in Bedfordshire for the pasqueflower ( Pulsatilla vulgaris ), and in some years over a thousand flowers are present. Other unusual plants are field fleawort and a dwarf form of hairy violet . There is no designated parking for the site. There is easy access by either Footpath 4 through the recreation ground towards
99-429: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barton_Hills&oldid=462215918 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
110-426: The start of a chalk stream river. During the summer, Dartmoor ponies roam the hills. A large part of the area is managed by Natural England as a national nature reserve . The reserve is also designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest . The steep well-grazed slopes are a classic downland habitat , however there were no sheep on the hills from about 1930 until the 1980s and woodland has formed on
121-780: The whole of Britain and Northern Ireland by 1978. The society changed its name to the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts in 2004, and it operates as The Wildlife Trusts . In 1956 the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Naturalists’ Trust was founded, and it was followed by the Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Wildlife Trust in 1961, the Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust in 1963, and the Peterborough Wildlife Group in 1987. The Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire trusts merged in 1990, and
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