Kensworth
Kensworth is a village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish is located on the edge of Dunstable Downs, and includes the hamlets of California and Kensworth Lynch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,460 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
- Also known as: “Kensworth, Bedfordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whipsnade Zoo and Whipsnade Tree Cathedral.
Whipsnade Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo located in Whipsnade, near Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. Whipsnade Zoo is situated 2 miles west of Kensworth.
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is a 9.5-acre garden in the village of Whipsnade in Bedfordshire, England. It is planted in the approximate form of a cathedral, with grass avenues for nave, chancel, transepts, chapels and cloisters and "walls" of different species of trees. Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is situated 1½ miles west of Kensworth.
Dunstable Downs
Peak
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunstable Downs are part of the Chiltern Hills, in southern Bedfordshire, England; and are located near the town of Dunstable. They are a chalk escarpment forming the north-eastern reaches of the Chilterns. Dunstable Downs is situated 2 miles northwest of Kensworth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holywell and Whipsnade.
Holywell
Village
Photo: Robin Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holywell is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The settlement is close to Whipsnade and Studham, and Holywell forms part of the Studham civil parish.
Whipsnade
Village
Photo: Dave Skinner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whipsnade is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, about 2+1⁄2 miles south-south-west of Dunstable on the top of the Dunstable Downs, which drop away steeply to the south of the village.
Studham
Village
Photo: Robin Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Studham is a village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire. It has a population of 1,182. The parish bounds to the south of the Buckinghamshire border, and to the east is the Hertfordshire border.
Kensworth
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Kensworth, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.85049° or 51° 51′ 2″ northLongitude
-0.50098° or 0° 30′ 4″ westPopulation
1,460Elevation
617 feet (188 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KWTOpen location code
9C3XVF2X+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 241928175OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kensworth” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنسورته”
- Basque: “Kensworth”
- Cebuano: “Kensworth”
- Chinese: “Kensworth”
- Dutch: “Kensworth”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنسورته”
- French: “Kensworth”
- Irish: “Kensworth”
- Italian: “Kensworth”
- Ladin: “Kensworth”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kensworth”
- Persian: “کنزورث”
- Polish: “Kensworth”
- Spanish: “Kensworth”
- Swedish: “Kensworth”
- Turkish: “Kensworth”
- Welsh: “Kensworth”
- “Kensworth”
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