Houghton Conquest

Places of Interest

Houghton House

Manor estate

Photo: APB-CMX, Public domain.

Houghton House is a ruined mansion house in the parish of Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building, positioned above the surrounding countryside, and commands excellent views.

Kings Wood and Glebe Meadows, Houghton Conquest

Nature reserve

Photo: ian saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kings Wood and Glebe Meadows is a 36.1-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in Houghton Conquest in Bedfordshire. A local teenage boy, Peter Sollars, discovered many rich communities of plants there, including a number of rare species, e.g.

Church of All Saints, Houghton Conquest

Church

Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church in Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 23 January 1961. The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, was built during the 14th century.

Places in the Area

Ampthill

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ampthill is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It lies between Bedford and Luton. At the 2021 census it had a population of 8,825.

Kempston Hardwick

Hamlet

Photo: Dennis simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kempston Hardwick is a small hamlet on the edge of the town of Kempston in Bedfordshire, England. Historically it was one of the hamlets or "ends" scattered across the parish of Kempston.

Wixams

Village

Photo: Simonxag, CC0.

Wixams is a new town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England, which has been under construction since early 2007. It is expected to become the third largest settlement in the Borough of Bedford after Bedford itself and Kempston, and one of the largest new settlements founded in England since the British new towns movement of the first twenty five years after World War II.

Houghton Conquest

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Localities in the Area

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