[1][2] The site is a large disused chalk quarry, and it is listed by Geo-East as a "Chalk Place to Visit" due to its exposure of Totternhoe stone.

[1] The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire managed the site between 2011 and 2015.

[5] A Trust noticeboard at the northern and southern entrances to the site names it as Houghton Regis Chalk Pit.

The Wildlife Trust BCN produced newsletters during their management period and these are retrievable online.

[6] Youth Ranger activities,[7] took place and these included tasks such as scrub-clearing using conservation tools and controlled bonfires.