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  • Tenure: Freehold
  • 586.00 acres
  • Outbuildings
  • Land
  • Rural
  • Shoot / Sporting
  • Village
  • Waterside
  • Private Parking
The Hexton Manor Estate provides the backdrop to one of the finest high bird shoots in the Home Counties. The steep hillsides were planted for shooting at the beginning of the 20th century. The woodlands are now mature and provide a good variety of ages and species. These wooded valleys level out on top where they join cover strips and then turn to large arable fields beyond.

Lot 2 extends to 586 acres with sporting rights over additional land surrounding this. Hexton shoot has two separate beats and can provide back-to-back days shooting across its thirteen drives. Days typically range from 200-300 birds upwards, with around 25-30 days held per season. Tucked away along one of the tracks, is a beautiful shoot lodge. It is possible to drive across much of the Estate ,allowing easy access for sport, management or simply enjoyment of the natural environment.

North Hertfordshire boasts excellent chalk based soils classified as both Grade 2 and 3. In addition to the undulating ground, there are large open arable fields which are let on a Farm Business Tenancy and cropped in a traditional cereal rotation. Lot 2 includes 220 acres of arable land and 28 acres of permanent pasture. The soils are described as Wantage 2 in the Soil Survey of England and Wales, which are shallow well drained calcareous silty soils over argillaceous chalk, deeper well drained coarse loamy soils in places.

The Hexton Manor Estate extends to 773.09 acres (312.87 hectares) and is being offered for sale as a whole or in two lots.


The Hexton Manor Estate is situated at the north eastern end of the highly sought after Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Hertfordshire. Hexton is an idyllic traditional rural village which offers that rare combination of unspoilt English charm, whilst being very accessible to the popular Hertfordshire towns of Hitchin, Harpenden and St Albans as well as London, airports (both Luton and Heathrow) and is situated between the M1 (J11a & J12) and A1 (J8) which are eight miles equidistant. The village of Hexton has a village shop, primary school, public house, weekly cream teas served at the village church and a monthly farmers market, whilst Barton Le Clay to the west and Hitchin to the east provide a wider range of amenities. Other noteable local destinations include Champneys Spa at Henlow (8 miles), Woburn (12 miles) and Whipsnade Zoo (13 miles).

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