Flitton
Flitton is a village in the civil parish of Flitton and Greenfield, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The village derives its name from the River Flit which flows close by it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Bedfordshire, UK
- Also known as: “Flitton, Bedfordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist, Flitton and De Grey Mausoleum.
De Grey Mausoleum
Tomb
Photo: Tatraplan, Public domain.
The de Grey Mausoleum in Flitton, Bedfordshire, England, is one of the largest sepulchral chapels in the country. The mausoleum contains over twenty monuments to the de Grey family who lived in nearby Wrest Park.
Thrift Wood
Forest
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thrift Wood is a 19.4-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Bicknacre in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenfield and Ruxox Cell.
Greenfield
Village
Greenfield is a small village about 2 km from the town of Flitwick in Bedfordshire, England. It lies across Flitwick Moor from the larger settlement of Flitwick and is on the opposite side of the River Flit.
Ruxox Cell
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ruxox Cell was a moated chapel, or monastic cell, established in the twelfth century in the parish of Flitwick in Bedfordshire, England. Situated on the east side of the village of Ruxox, it was granted to the Augustinian priory of Dunstable by Philip de Sanvill, Lord of Flitwick, c.
Silsoe
Village
Photo: Ojw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silsoe is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. The village used to be on the main A6 road but a bypass around the village was opened in 1981 at a cost of £1.6m.
Flitton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Flitton and Greenfield, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.01107° or 52° 0′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.45683° or 0° 27′ 25″ westElevation
217 feet (66 metres)Open location code
9C4X2G6V+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 27457676OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Flitton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فليتون”
- Catalan: “Flitton, Bedfordshire”
- Catalan: “Flitton”
- Dutch: “Flitton”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فليتون”
- French: “Flitton”
- Irish: “Flitton”
- Japanese: “フリットン”
- Ladin: “Flitton”
- Persian: “فلیتون”
- Polish: “Flitton”
- Russian: “Флиттон”
- Slovenian: “Flitton”
- Swedish: “Flitton”
- Welsh: “Flitton”
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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 “Flitton”. Photo: Redgrittybrick, CC BY 2.5.