Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills

It is part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and Sharpenhoe Clappers is protected as a scheduled monument (for its prehistoric and medieval features).[1][2][3] Much of the site is unimproved chalk grassland with many plants which are now rare, and Festuca ovina is dominant over large areas.An uncommon rose, Rosa stylosa, is found in scrub areas.[4] Sharpenhoe Clappers is an Iron Age hill fort, together with medieval rabbit warrens and associated agricultural earthworks.[5] There is access to the National Trust property from Sharpenhoe Road.
Site of Special Scientific InterestLocationBedfordshireGrid referenceSharpenhoeNational TrustChilternsArea of Outstanding Natural Beautyscheduled monumentFestuca ovinaHerminium monorchisAceras anthropophorumRosa stylosarabbit warrensIron Agehill fortHistoric EnglandNational Heritage List for EnglandSites of Special Scientific InterestBiologicalBarton HillsBlow's DownCooper's HillDeacon HillDropshort MarshDunstable and Whipsnade DownsFancott Woods and MeadowsFelmersham Gravel PitsFlitwick MoorGalley and Warden HillsHanger WoodHoughton Regis Marl LakesKings and Bakers Woods and HeathsKings Wood and Glebe Meadows, Houghton ConquestKnocking HoeMarston ThriftMaulden Church MeadowMaulden HeathMaulden Wood and Pennyfather's HillNares Gladley MarshOdell Great WoodPotton WoodPulloxhill MarshSandy WarrenSouthill Lake and WoodsStevington MarshSundon Chalk QuarrySwineshead WoodTebworth MarshTilwick MeadowTotternhoe Chalk QuarryTotternhoe KnollsWavendon Heath PondsYelden MeadowsGeologicalBiddenham PitDouble Arches PitKensworth Chalk PitNine Acres PitTotternhoe Stone Pit