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Butts Close

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Butts Close, Hitchin geograph.org.uk 989854
Butts Close, Hitchin geograph.org.uk 989854

Butts Close is an 11-acre (45,000 m2) park in the town of Hitchin, Hertfordshire that used to once be a sporting ground for archery. The name refers to the archery butts that used to be on it during the Late medieval and Tudor times. During those years it was much larger but in the last centuries buildings such as a leisure centre and grammar school have been built on it. The remaining Butts Close is still used for modern fêtes and other special occasions though.

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Butts Close
Bedford Road, North Hertfordshire Bearton

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Bedford Road
SG5 2TP North Hertfordshire, Bearton
England, United Kingdom
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