Great Wood

Great Wood is a forest in Ravensden, Bedford, England. Great Wood is situated nearby to the locality Wood End, as well as near Lower Grange.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mowsbury Hill and Freeman’s Common.

Mowsbury Hill

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mowsbury Hill is a 2.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve and Scheduled Monument in north Bedford. It is owned and managed by Bedford Borough Council with the assistance of the Friends of Putnoe Wood and Mowsbury Hillfort.

Freeman’s Common

Grassland

Freeman's Common is a 12.5 hectare area of land situated to the north of Bedford, in the parish of Ravensden. It was created in 1858. Over many years it has been the focus of local dispute as to whether the site should be developed.

Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre

Prison

Photo: Oliver White, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre is an immigration detention centre for foreign nationals prior to their deportation from the United Kingdom, one of 10 such centres currently in the UK.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brickhill and Renhold.

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.

Renhold

Village

Photo: Flutophilus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Renhold is a village and civil parish located on the River Ouse, in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. The parish church is situated some 4 miles east-north-east of Bedford town centre.