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California Bedfordshire Map

Traditional county: Bedfordshire · Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire · Region: Eastern

Explore California, Bedfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the California map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of California, Bedfordshire

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Place	California
Traditional County	Bedfordshire
Unitary Authority	Central Bedfordshire
Region	Eastern
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	51.879762
Longitude	-0.531360
Place Type	Suburban Area

About California

California emerges as a quiet enclave of suburban dwellings where the chalky earth of Bedfordshire meets the edge of the sky. It lies 0.6 miles south-south-west of Dunstable (from Dunstable: bearing 213°T, OS grid TL 011 211). The land here carries the pale, porous character of the Kensworth Chalk Pit SSSI, a landscape that seems to hold the light with a peculiar, bleached intensity. From the higher ground, one can look toward the Five Knolls Round Barrow Cemetery, where ancient earthworks break the horizon in sudden, grass-covered mounds. The air in California often feels thin and clear, caught in the transition between the bustle of the nearby market town and the vast, exposed height of the downs. Residents walk paths that have remained unchanged since the days of medieval sheep grazing, tracing the same contours as the nearby Medieval Warren on Dunstable Downs. These slopes offer a vantage point where the shadow of a cloud moves across the grass with the deliberate pace of a long-forgotten clock. California maintains a modest dignity, shielded from the noise of the main roads by the very geology that gives the region its distinct and brittle beauty.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kensworth Chalk Pit Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — locality lies within · 131 ha
Five Knolls Round Barrow Cemetery: Three Bell Barrows, Two Bowl Barrows And Two Pond Barrows On Dunstable Down (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 248° WSW
A Medieval Warren On Dunstable Downs (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 237° WSW
Dunstable Downs (Park) — 0.6 mi, 209° SSW
Dunstable Conference Centre (Theatre) — 0.6 mi, 032° NNE
Priory Gardens (Park) — 0.7 mi, 059° ENE
Dunstable Priory (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 060° ENE · 2 ha
Little Theatre (Theatre) — 0.7 mi, 064° ENE
Stipers Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 109° ESE
Dunstable Downs Beacon (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 198° SSW
Houghton Regis Marl Lakes Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.4 mi, 353° N · 21 ha
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.9 mi, 186° S · 3 ha
Tree Cathedral (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 187° S
Bison Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.0 mi, 197° SSW
Penguin Enclosure (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.1 mi, 202° SSW
Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell Memorial (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 193° SSW
Whipsnade Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.3 mi, 193° SSW
Houghton Brook (River) — 2.9 mi, 049° NE
Ouzel Brook (River) — 3.3 mi, 288° WNW
Coombe Bottom (Valley) — 3.6 mi, 234° SW
Tebworth Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.7 mi, 343° NNW
Mead Open Farm (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 288° WNW
Ivinghoe Beacon (Viewpoint) — 4.2 mi, 232° SW
Farley Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.3 mi, 103° ESE
Valentine Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.6 mi, 053° NE
Ivinghoe Common (Forest / Woodland) — 4.7 mi, 209° SSW
Mossman Collection (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 101° ESE
Stockwood Discovery Centre (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 102° ESE
The Improvement Garden (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.8 mi, 103° ESE
Cineworld (Cinema) — 4.8 mi, 088° E

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