Nine Acres Pit

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Nine Acres Pit is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire, covering 0.2 km². It is one of 38 SSSIs in the county. For arrivals by rail, Leighton Buzzard Station is about 3.5 km to the south-west. Totternhoe Knolls and Sundon Chalk Quarry are among the SSSIs within 9.7 km.

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