Wood End

Wood End is a locality in Ravensden, Bedford, England. Wood End is situated nearby to the village Ravensden, as well as near the locality Lower Grange.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mowsbury Hill and Freeman’s Common.

Mowsbury Hill

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mowsbury Hill is a 2.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Scheduled Monument in north Bedford. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council with the assistance of the Friends of Putnoe Wood and Mowsbury Hillfort.

Freeman’s Common

Grassland

Freeman's Common is a 12.5 hectare area of land situated to the north of Bedford, in the parish of Ravensden. It was created in 1858. Over many years it has been the focus of local dispute as to whether the site should be developed.

Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre

Prison

Photo: Oliver White, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention centre for foreign nationals prior to their deportation from the United Kingdom, one of 10 such centres currently in the UK. Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wood End.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thurleigh and Salph End.

Thurleigh

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thurleigh is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, north Bedfordshire, England, situated around 5 miles north of Bedford town centre. Thurleigh is situated 2 miles north of Wood End.

Salph End

Locality

Photo: Adrian Cable, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Salph End is a village located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. Officially, Salph End is one of the hamlets of Renhold, and is the westernmost settlement within Renhold's civil parish. Salph End is situated 2 miles southeast of Wood End.

Brickhill

Suburb

Photo: Simonxag, Public domain.

Brickhill is a civil parish and electoral ward within northern Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. The boundaries of Brickhill are approximately Kimbolton Road to the east, Bedford Park and the old Bedford cemetery to the south, with Cemetery Hill and the Manton Heights Industrial Estate to the west. Brickhill is situated 2 miles south of Wood End.

Wood End

Type: Locality
Location: Ravensden, Bedford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.18659° or 52° 11′ 12″ north

Longitude

-0.45105° or 0° 27′ 4″ west

Elevation

171 feet (52 metres)

Open location code

9C4X5GPX+JH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 536653432

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

13274292

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