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Dunstable Priory

Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time

Standing remainssubstantial fabric survives to stand in front of

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What you walk into is the nave of an Augustinian priory — everything east of it went at the Dissolution, which is why the building stops so abruptly. It has been the Priory Church of St Peter ever since. The Norman west front is worth a few minutes before you go in. Dunstable Downs and the Chilterns rise a mile to the south.

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Photo of the Chilterns, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Chilterns

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Photo of Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, a folly near Ivinghoe in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

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Photo of Whipsnade White Lion, a hill figure near Ivinghoe in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

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A vast recumbent lion cut into Dunstable Downs in the early 1930s to mark the zoo below — big enough to see from the air.

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Photo of Cardington Sheds, a landmark near Luton, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

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Photo along the Hertfordshire Way, a 195-mile long-distance path in eastern England.Highlight

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Photo of Sundon Hills Country Park, a country park near Barton-le-Clay in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Sundon Hills Country Park

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