Thorn
Thorn is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The settlement is located to the north of Bidwell and Houghton Regis, and to the south of Wingfield and Chalgrave.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: village in Bedfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Thorn, Bedfordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis and All Saints Academy.
Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis
Cemetery
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, is a medieval Grade I listed building. Characterised by flint and clunch checker work on the exterior, the church dates predominantly from the 13th and 14th centuries, with 15th century additions.
All Saints Academy
School
All Saints Academy is a co-ed secondary school located in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. All Saints educates 11- to 16-year-olds, as well as mainly from the town of Dunstable and some surrounding villages.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sewell and Houghton Regis.
Sewell
Hamlet
Sewell is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. Sewell is a small rural settlement, though it is located near to the town of Dunstable.
Houghton Regis
Town
Photo: John Yaxley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Houghton Regis is a market town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Bidwell, Thorn and Sewell.
Tilsworth
Village
Photo: al partington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tilsworth is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire. It lies to the north west of Dunstable, and the Roman Watling Street forms the north east boundary of the parish of 1,200 acres.
Thorn
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.91174° or 51° 54′ 42″ northLongitude
-0.54669° or 0° 32′ 48″ westElevation
325 feet (99 metres)Open location code
9C3XWF63+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1744311697OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Thorn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ترن”
- Dutch: “Thorn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ترن”
- French: “Thorn”
- Irish: “Thorn”
- Japanese: “ソーン”
- Persian: “تورن، بدفوردشر”
- Polish: “Thorn”
- Turkish: “Thorn, Bedfordshire”
- Welsh: “Thorn, Swydd Bedford”
- Welsh: “Thorn”
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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 “Thorn”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.