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Sharpenhoe Bedfordshire Map

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

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

Latitude	51.964448
Longitude	-0.455072
Place Type	Village

About Sharpenhoe

Chalk escarpments rise with a quiet, flinty authority above the red-tiled roofs of Sharpenhoe. It lies 3.2 miles south-south-east of Flitwick (from Flitwick: bearing 147°T, OS grid TL 062 306), and is situated west of Barton-le-Clay village. The landscape here is defined by the sudden, dramatic uplift of the Chilterns, where the air holds a sharpness that seems to refine the very light filtering through the trees. To the southeast, the ancient earthworks of Sharpenhoe Clappers crown the high ground, a silent sentinel of Iron Age labour that remains visible from the lower lanes. Below these heights, the moated site at Bury Farm preserves a deeper, more domestic sense of history, where water still reflects the shifting patterns of the English clouds. The slopes of the Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills SSSI support a rare, fragile ecology that flourishes in the thin, alkaline soil. These ridges catch the wind from the surrounding plains, turning the valley into a vessel for both silence and the low, persistent hum of agricultural progress. Sharpenhoe maintains a deliberate pace, indifferent to the frantic transit of the modern world, anchored instead by the heavy, enduring weight of its limestone foundations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Moated Site And Associated Earthworks At Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 086° E · 3 ha
Sharpenhoe Clappers: An Iron Age Promontory Fort, Medieval Warren And Associated Medieval Cultivation Earthworks (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 135° SE · 4 ha
Sharpenhoe Clappers (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 145° SE
Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe And Sundon Hills Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.7 mi, 190° S · 88 ha
Smithcombe Valley (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 132° SE
Sundon Hills Country Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 201° SSW
Smithcombe Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 139° SE
Moated Site At Faldo Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 050° NE
East Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 123° ESE
Pulloxhill Marsh Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 350° N · 5 ha
Barton Hills (National Nature Reserve) — 1.8 mi, 111° ESE · 44 ha
Bright's Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 209° SSW
Flitwick Manor (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.8 mi, 317° NW · 22 ha
Great Bramingham Park (Park) — 2.9 mi, 164° SSE
Serpentine (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.0 mi, 037° NE
Broad Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.1 mi, 040° NE
Flitwick War Memorial (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 328° NNW
William III (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 037° NE
Wrest Park & Gardens (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 033° NNE
Wrest Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 3.7 mi, 037° NE · 375 ha
Houghton Brook (River) — 4.1 mi, 195° SSW
River Flit (River) — 4.2 mi, 016° NNE
Wardown Park Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 162° SSE
Maulden Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 5.3 mi, 007° N
Meppershall Castel (Castle) — 5.4 mi, 055° NE
St Mary The Virgin (Historic Ruins) — 5.4 mi, 021° NNE
Grove Theatre (Theatre) — 5.8 mi, 209° SSW
Cineworld (Cinema) — 5.9 mi, 164° SSE
Library Theatre (Theatre) — 6.0 mi, 164° SSE
Chicksands Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 6.2 mi, 025° NNE

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