Felmersham Gravel Pits

Felmersham Gravel Pits is a 21.6-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest between the villages of Felmersham and Sharnbrook in Bedfordshire. It was notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in 1986 and the local planning authority is Bedford Borough Council.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Peter, Sharnbrook and Sharnbrook Academy.

Church of St Peter, Sharnbrook

Church

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Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed church in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter. Church of St Peter, Sharnbrook is situated 3,900 feet north of Felmersham Gravel Pits.

Sharnbrook Academy

School

Sharnbrook Academy, formerly Sharnbrook Upper School until 2017, is a large, rural academy school located in Sharnbrook, a village in the English county of Bedfordshire. Sharnbrook Academy is situated 3,200 feet northwest of Felmersham Gravel Pits.

Sun Inn

Pub

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Sun Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,700 feet south of Felmersham Gravel Pits.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Felmersham and Sharnbrook.

Felmersham

Village

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Felmersham is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, on the River Great Ouse, about 7 miles north west of Bedford.

Sharnbrook

Village

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Sharnbrook is a village and civil parish located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, situated around 7 miles north-west of Bedford town centre.

Radwell

Village

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Radwell is a hamlet in the Hundred of Willey in North Bedfordshire, England, on the River Great Ouse, about 7 miles north west of Bedford. Administratively, it is often included with the neighbouring village of Felmersham, and the civil parish is sometimes known as Felmersham with Radwell.

Felmersham Gravel Pits

Type: Protected area
Description: nature reserve in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Category: nature reserve
Location: Odell, Bedford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.2154° or 52° 12′ 55″ north

Longitude

-0.55133° or 0° 33′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C4X6C8X+5F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1497657015

Wikidata ID

Q5442562

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