The Chalk Pit, Woodditton

History of the Chalk Pit

This was the local dump for Woodditton. It was a large depression favoured by nesting birds. During WWII a trench was dug for the army and Home Guard who used the pit as a firing range. It was later filled in.

The Gypsies … overnight they camped on the wide grass verge as the side of the Stetchworth Road or in their favourite stopping place, The Chalk Pit. When they moved on in the morning only a burnt patch left by their cooking fire and grass flattened by their horses, remained as evidence of their stay ….

(R H Vincent, A Tanner Will Do)