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Double Arches Pit

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Double Arches Pit is one of 38 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire. At just 0.02 km², only one is smaller. The nearest railway station is Leighton Buzzard, about 4.9 km to the south-west. Other SSSIs nearby include Totternhoe Knolls and Sundon Chalk Quarry.

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Photo of Rushmere Country Park, a country park near Woburn, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Rushmere Country Park

Country park near Woburn

Four hundred acres of woodland, heath and meadow on the Greensand Ridge near Leighton Buzzard, with a lakeside cafe and hilltop views.

2.2 km SW

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

3.3 km SW · spans 9 counties

Photo of Woburn Abbey Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden in Bedfordshire, eastern England.Iconic

Woburn Abbey Gardens

House & garden near Woburn

Ducal seat with deer park and safari grounds.

5.1 km NE

Photo of Ascott House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Ascott House

House & garden near Mentmore

A half-timbered former Rothschild home, with a yew-and-box sundial and terraced lawns.

7.8 km SW

Photo of Bletchley Park, a visitor attraction near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Bletchley Park

Attraction near Milton Keynes

Victorian mansion and huts at Bletchley where Second World War codebreakers cracked Enigma, now a museum of the work and its machines.

8.6 km NW

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

Chilterns

National Landscape near The Lee

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

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