Hill Rise
Hill Rise is a 0.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve located in the Harpur area of Bedford. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council. The site was the Bedfordshire Training Home for Girls, founded in 1882 to prepare poor girls for domestic service.- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: local nature reserve in Bedford, England, UK
- Also known as: “Hill Rise Local Nature Reserve” and “Hill Rise, Bedford”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bedford Castle and Bedford railway station.
Bedford Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bedford Castle was a large medieval castle in Bedford, England. Built after 1100 by Henry I, the castle played a prominent part in both the civil war of the Anarchy and the First Barons' War.
Bedford railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bedford railway station is the larger of two railway stations in the town of Bedford, in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Midland Main Line, which connects London St Pancras with the East Midlands, and is the terminus of the Marston Vale line between Bletchley and Bedford St Johns.
Bedford St Johns railway station
Railway station
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Bedford St Johns is one of two railway stations in Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, on the Marston Vale Line linking Bletchley and Bedford. It is unstaffed and is operated by London Northwestern Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kempston and Castle.
Kempston
Town
Photo: Simonxag, Public domain.
Kempston is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, in Bedfordshire, England, situated around 2 miles south-west of Bedford town centre. It had a population of 19,330 in the 2011 census, and forms part of the wider Bedford built-up area.
Castle
Suburb
Castle is an electoral ward and area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. The Castle area incorporates the site of Bedford Castle and the town's historic centre including its market and High Street, as well as nearby residential streets.
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.
Hill Rise
- Categories: local nature reserve, recreation area, and shrubland
- Location: Bedford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.148° or 52° 8′ 53″ northLongitude
-0.4712° or 0° 28′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C4X4GXH+5GOpenStreetMap ID
way 25819049OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrubWikidata ID
Q23018638
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