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Kensworth Chalk Pit

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Kensworth Chalk Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire of 1.3 km². The county has 38 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Only one of the county's SSSIs is larger. It lies within the Chilterns National Landscape.

For more of the same, Blow's Down and Totternhoe Knolls are close by. The closest station is Leagrave, about 5.3 km to the north-east.

More places to visit near Kensworth Chalk Pit

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

Chilterns

You’re inside itNational Landscape near The Lee

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

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

Whipsnade Tree Cathedral

Folly near Ivinghoe

A ten-acre garden planted between the wars in the outline of a cathedral, with grass avenues for nave and transepts and 'walls' of trees, a memorial to the fallen.

2 km SW

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

Whipsnade White Lion

Hill figure near Ivinghoe

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

3.1 km SW

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

Cardington Sheds

Landmark near Luton

Two vast airship hangars built for the R101 that still dominate the flat land south-east of Bedford, among the largest structures in the country.

4.3 km E

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

Hertfordshire Way

Long-distance path

Hertfordshire's grand circuit from the Royce Stone at Royston — chalk streams, commons and country houses for nearly 200 miles.

4.7 km SE · Hertfordshire

Photo: Ivinghoe Beacon, a viewpoint in the Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Ivinghoe Beacon

Viewpoint near Ivinghoe

Bare chalk hilltop at the north-east end of the Ridgeway, an Iron Age hillfort with sweeping views over three counties.

6.5 km SW