Wymington Meadow

Wymington Meadow is a nature reserve south of Wymington in Bedfordshire. It is approximately one hectare, and is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sharnbrook Summit and Church of St Lawrence, Wymington.

Sharnbrook Summit

Nature reserve

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Sharnbrook Summit is a nature reserve between the villages of Sharnbrook and Wymington in Bedfordshire. It has an area of approximately nine hectares, and it is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Church of St Lawrence, Wymington

Church

Photo: Tigerboy1966, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Parish Church of Saint Lawrence, Wymington is a Grade I listed church in Wymington, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964.

Santa Pod Raceway

Sports venue

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Santa Pod Raceway is Europe's first permanent drag racing venue for 1⁄4 mile and 1⁄8 mile racing. Located in Podington, Bedfordshire, England, the drag strip was built on a disused Second World War Royal Air Force airbase, known as RAF Podington; once used by the USAAF's 92nd Bomb Group.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rushden and Irchester.

Rushden

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Rushden is a town in Northamptonshire. It forms a single urban area with the neighbouring town of Higham Ferrers. Neighbouring villages include Irchester, Wymington, Podington and Stanwick.

Irchester

Village

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Irchester is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, two miles south-east of Wellingborough and two miles south-west of Rushden. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 5,706 and estimated in 2019 at 5,767.