One of the most famous Wolds sites for butterflies and in the top 5 sites in the county with very large counts of Marbled White and Common Blue. Local academic Martin Kellerman knows all about the tunnels and their history – but can his assertions of cannibalism and ritual killing possibly be true? This chalk is what remains of Late Cretaceous sea debris: 100-million-year-old shells and algae, crushed.

DS Judy Johnson canvasses the community of rough sleepers and drop-in centres and is given word that Barbara may have “gone underground”, but whether this is a figure of speech, an urban myth or really a series of underground thoroughfares, Nelson and his team struggle to ascertain. As ever, the humanity and social conscience of Elly Griffiths is in evidence and the compassion and honesty of her cast towards the community of rough sleepers is admirable.We have also produced an I Spy Sheet and Map for you to print at home, or download to your phone and take to the site. Other birds which have been seen include little owl, green woodpecker, chiffchaff and blackcap; goldcrest and long-tailed tit feed here during the winter. The Chalkpit Cassette Club (CCC) is an exclusive and limited edition physical cassette tape imprint brought to you by Chalkpit Records. Whilst the mystery element might not be the run of the mill and riddled with its own idiosyncrasies as befitting the tenuous archaeological connection this case in complex enough to keep crime fans satisfied. While this can be read as a standalone, the series is so engaging and involving, you’ll miss out on so much if you don’t go back to the beginning.

The boiling might have been just a medieval curiosity – now it suggests a much more sinister purpose. The Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust Limited (Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust), a registered charity in England and Wales (239863). It was a chance remark of my husband's that gave me the idea for the first in the series, The Crossing Places. Whilst it might seem a surprise that this series still gives so much pleasure in its ninth outing this is testament to Elly Griffith’s eye for continual character development and making her archaeological revelations not only accessible to armchair readers but also relevant, as is the case with The Chalk Pit and its links to the homeless community.

This site is described by Natural England as "important for its excellent exposures of Totternhoe Stone", dating to the mid- Cenomanian stage of the Cretaceous period, around 100 million years ago.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Nestled in a narrow Wolds valley Kiplingcotes Chalk pit provides a haven for chalk-loving plant and animal species.

By car – There a small amount of roadside parking near the site, we would recommend arriving by bus, bike or on foot. Quarried from the 1800s until 1902 the site was used to supply chalk during the building of the embankment of the Beverley to Market Weighton railway line, which opened in 1865. It’s also a very alive story, with little snippets about the characters like, Ruth once attended a fancy dress party as Angel Islington, due to being a fan of the London Underground! At the moment, this realization doesn’t diminish the delightfulness of the sanctuary, but it does make me wonder, how long would it take for the secret garden novelty to wear off, and for the place to seem truly small?