Chicksands

Chicksands is a village in the civil parish of in the district of , England. It gives its name to , a military base which was developed from the 1930s on the estate.
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  • Type: Locality with 1,400 residents
  • Description: village in Bedfordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Chicksands Priory” and “Chicksands, Bedfordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include MOD Chicksands and Military Intelligence Museum.

Military installation
Ministry of Defence Chicksands, or more simply , is a tri-service British Armed Forces facility in , approximately 35 miles north of .

Museum
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Building
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is a former monastic house at Chicksands in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Campton and Shefford.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the district of , England. It is about 9 miles south of , and is about 9 miles north-west from and sits on a tributary of the River Ivel.

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is a town and civil parish in the district of , England. At the 2021 census it had a population of 7,311. It lies 10 miles south-east of .

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the district of , England. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of .

Chicksands

Latitude
52.03747° or 52° 2′ 15″ north
Longitude
-0.36192° or 0° 21′ 43″ west
Population
1,400
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
9C4X2JPQ+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2621355582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2653185
Wiki­data ID
Q1522731
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Satellite Map

Discover Chicksands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Chicksands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشيكسندس”
  • Arabic: “تشيككسندس”
  • Armenian: “Chicksands”
  • Basque: “Chicksands”
  • Dutch: “Chicksands”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشيككسندس”
  • French: “Chicksands”
  • Irish: “Chicksands”
  • Italian: “Chicksands”
  • Korean: “칙샌즈”
  • Kurdish: “Chicksands”
  • Ladin: “Chicksands”
  • Latvian: “Čiksendsa”
  • Persian: “چیکسندز”
  • Polish: “Chicksands”
  • Spanish: “Chicksands”
  • Swedish: “Chicksands”
  • Volapük: “Chicksands”
  • Welsh: “Chicksands”
  • “Chicksands”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Central Bedfordshire Council and Campton Plantation.

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