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Thurleigh

Thurleigh is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, north , England, situated around 5 miles north of town centre.
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Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 694 residents
  • Description: village in Bedfordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Thurleigh, Bedfordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bedford Autodrome and Bedford Aerodrome.

Sports venue
is an autodrome based on the former site of RAE Bedford, in the village of Thurleigh, Bedfordshire. It is owned by former Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation.

Aerodrome
Bedford Autodrome is an autodrome based on the former site of RAE Bedford, in the village of Thurleigh, Bedfordshire. It is owned by former Formula One driver Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation.

Prison
Photo: Oliver White, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention centre for foreign nationals prior to their deportation from the United Kingdom, one of 10 such centres currently in the UK. is situated 2 miles southwest of Thurleigh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolnhurst and Keysoe Row.

Village
Photo: Flutophilus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village in the civil parish of , in the Borough of Bedford in , England. The village is about 6 miles north-northeast of town centre and about 6 miles west of . is situated 2 miles east of Thurleigh.

Hamlet
Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet located in the Borough of Bedford in , England. The settlement is located to the south of the village of , and is part of the wider civil parish. Kymbrook Primary School is located in the area. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Thurleigh.

Village
Photo: Colin Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish located in North , England. The village name has had alternative spellings in the past such as Rislau, Riseleg, Riselai and Risely, however all these spellings are considered archaic. is situated 2½ miles north of Thurleigh.

Thurleigh

Latitude
52.21523° or 52° 12′ 55″ north
Longitude
-0.45963° or 0° 27′ 35″ west
Population
694
Elevation
240 feet (73 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TLH
Open location code
9C4X6G8R+34
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29623508
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2635895
Wiki­data ID
Q406914
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Thurleigh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تورلي”
  • Basque: “Thurleigh”
  • Cebuano: “Thurleigh”
  • Chinese: “Thurleigh”
  • Dutch: “Thurleigh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تورلى”
  • French: “Thurleigh”
  • Irish: “Thurleigh”
  • Italian: “Thurleigh”
  • Ladin: “Thurleigh”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thurleigh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thurleigh”
  • Norwegian: “Thurleigh”
  • Persian: “ثورلی”
  • Polish: “Thurleigh”
  • Slovenian: “Thurleigh”
  • Spanish: “Thurleigh”
  • Swedish: “Thurleigh”
  • Turkish: “Thurleigh”
  • Welsh: “Thurleigh”
  • “Thurleigh”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thurleigh Village Hall and Thurleigh Mobile Service.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thurleigh”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.