Firing Range

Firing Range is a military installation in Clophill, Central Bedfordshire, England. Firing Range is situated near the hamlet Beadlow, as well as near the forest Upper Alders.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Military Intelligence Museum and MOD Chicksands.

Military Intelligence Museum

Museum

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Military Intelligence Museum is situated 4,000 feet east of Firing Range.

Ministry of Defence Chicksands, or more simply MOD Chicksands, is a tri-service British Armed Forces facility in Bedfordshire, approximately 35 miles north of London. MOD Chicksands is situated 4,200 feet east of Firing Range.

St Mary’s Church, Clophill

Ruins

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The present St Mary's Church is located in the centre of the small village of Clophill, between Bedford and Luton in the county of Bedfordshire in the South Midlands of England. St Mary’s Church, Clophill is situated 1¼ miles west of Firing Range.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beadlow and Chicksands.

Beadlow

Hamlet

Beadlow is a hamlet in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Campton and Chicksands.

Chicksands

Locality

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Chicksands is a village in the civil parish of Campton and Chicksands in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It gives its name to MOD Chicksands, a military base which was developed from the 1930s on the Chicksands Priory estate.

Campton

Village

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Campton is a village in the civil parish of Campton and Chicksands, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is about 9 miles south of Bedford, and is about 9 miles north-west from Letchworth and sits on a tributary of the River Ivel. Campton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Firing Range.

Firing Range

Type: Military installation
Location: Clophill, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.043° or 52° 2′ 35″ north

Longitude

-0.38367° or 0° 23′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C4X2JV8+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 322098185

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Upper Alders and Chicksands Priory.

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