Cardington Sluice
Cardington Sluice is a weir in Bedford, England. Cardington Sluice is situated nearby to River Great Ouse, as well as near The Finger Lakes Nature Reserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Priory Country Park and Fenlake Meadows.
Priory Country Park
Park
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Priory Country Park is a country park located in the Newnham area of Bedford, England alongside the River Great Ouse. The park is managed by Bedford Borough Council. Priory Country Park is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Cardington Sluice.
Fenlake Meadows
Nature reserve
Fenlake Meadows is a 19.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve located in the Kingsbrook area of Bedford. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council. This site is in a river valley on the bank of the River Great Ouse, and it is often wet and waterlogged.
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cardington
Church
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cardington is situated 4,100 feet southeast of Cardington Sluice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cardington and Harrowden.
Cardington
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. Part of the ancient hundred of Wixamtree, the settlement is best known in connection with the Cardington airship works founded by Short Brothers during World War I, which later became an RAF training station.
Harrowden
Hamlet
Photo: Mr Biz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harrowden is a one-street hamlet in the civil parish of Shortstown, Bedfordshire, England. The street runs from east to west parallel and to the south of the A421 Bedford Southern Bypass, and 200 metres to the north of the village of Shortstown.
Shortstown
Village
Photo: G1MFG, Public domain.
Shortstown is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bedford, on a ridge above the River Great Ouse, originally called Tinkers Hill. The ridge overlooks Harrowden to the north and Cotton End to the south.
Cardington Sluice
- Type: Weir
- Location: Bedford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.12783° or 52° 7′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.42502° or 0° 25′ 30″ westOperator
Environment AgencyOpen location code
9C4X4HHF+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 1574284010OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=weir
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