Kings Wood and Glebe Meadows, Houghton Conquest

Kings Wood and Glebe Meadows is a 36.1-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in in . A local teenage boy, Peter Sollars, discovered many rich communities of plants there, including a number of rare species, e.g.
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: protected area in Bedfordshire, England
  • Also known as: “Kings Wood”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Houghton House and Maulden Wood.

Manor estate
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is a ruined mansion house in the parish of , . It is a Grade I listed building, positioned above the surrounding countryside, and commands excellent views.

Forest
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is a woodland situated in , , near the village of , on the greensand ridge that stretches from to .

Church
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Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed church in , , England. It became a listed building on 23 January 1961. The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, was built during the 14th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ampthill and Flitwick.

Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and civil parish in the district of , England. It lies between Bedford and . At the 2021 census it had a population of 8,825.

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is a town in . It is located about ten miles south of Bedford and ten miles north of .

Hamlet
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is a small hamlet on the edge of the town of in , England. Historically it was one of the hamlets or "ends" scattered across the parish of Kempston.

Kings Wood and Glebe Meadows, Houghton Conquest

Latitude
52.0485° or 52° 2′ 55″ north
Longitude
-0.4774° or 0° 28′ 39″ west
Open location code
9C4X2GXF+92
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4954054
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
Wiki­data ID
Q20979088
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