It is located around 4 miles north of Stevenage, 2.5 miles south of Baldock and the same distance south-east of Letchworth, although it lies in the Hitchin post town.

These hills were made famous by the Robin Hood-style character Jack o'Legs, who was allegedly buried in the village's church graveyard.

The legend is that a Jack o'Legs was an abnormally tall man who stole from shops in the nearby town of Baldock.

After he was captured and severely wounded by the shopkeepers of Baldock he shot an arrow from there 3 miles into the churchyard at Weston to show where he wished to be buried.

In the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Weston,[2] there is a grave for Jack o'Legs, which is unusually long, possibly placed there to fuel belief in the legend.