Traditional county: Bedfordshire · Unitary authority: Bedford · Region: Eastern
Explore Workhouse End, Bedfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Workhouse End 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.
| Place | Workhouse End |
| Traditional County | Bedfordshire |
| Unitary Authority | Bedford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.158583 |
| Longitude | -0.391359 |
| Place Type | Village |
Workhouse End breathes a quiet persistence on the Bedfordshire landscape. It lies 5.8 km east-north-east of Bedford (from Bedford: bearing 65°T, OS grid TL 101 523), and is situated east-south-east of Renhold village. The very name hints at a past of stark utility, a place where the hard realities of life were once confronted. Today, however, the fields surrounding Workhouse End are often bathed in a soft, almost pearlescent light, particularly in the late afternoon, lending the agricultural expanse a serene, if somewhat melancholic, beauty. The land here is largely flat, gently yielding to the slow meander of unseen watercourses that feed into the broader Ouse catchment, a subtle network of lifeblood beneath the cultivated surface. While no grand monuments mark its presence, the enduring quietude of Workhouse End offers a distinct character, a testament to the enduring spirit of a place shaped by necessity and now softened by the passage of years.
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Explore Workhouse End, Bedfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.158583, -0.391359. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |