Santa Pod Raceway

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Santa Pod Raceway

Sports venue

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Santa Pod Raceway is Europe's first permanent drag racing venue for 1⁄4 mile and 1⁄8 mile racing. Located in Podington, Bedfordshire, England, the drag strip was built on a disused Second World War Royal Air Force airbase, known as RAF Podington; once used by the USAAF's 92nd Bomb Group. Santa Pod Raceway is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Santa Pod Raceway.

Sharnbrook Summit

Nature reserve

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Sharnbrook Summit is a nature reserve between the villages of Sharnbrook and Wymington in Bedfordshire. It has an area of approximately nine hectares, and it is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Wymington Meadow

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wymington Meadow is a nature reserve south of Wymington in Bedfordshire. It is approximately one hectare, and is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

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Hinwick

Village

Photo: Nigel Stickells, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hinwick is a hamlet in northwest Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; it is around nine miles north west of Bedford and is about 1 km east of the county border with Northamptonshire which is also the postal county. Hinwick is situated 1½ miles west of Santa Pod Raceway.

Souldrop

Village

Photo: Will Lovell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Souldrop is a village in the civil parish of Knotting and Souldrop, in the Bedford borough of Bedfordshire, England, located near the border with Northamptonshire. Souldrop is situated 1½ miles east of Santa Pod Raceway.

Hinwick House

Locality

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Hinwick House is a Grade I-listed Queen Anne country house located about 90 minutes from Central London, near Podington in North Bedfordshire. The estate consists of the Queen Anne main house, the Victorian wing, the Victorian wing extension, garage block, stables, three cottages attached to a clock tower, a walled garden and a period dovecote. Hinwick House is situated 1½ miles west of Santa Pod Raceway.

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