California Ballroom, Dunstable

#14 among attractions in Dunstable

Nightlife, Music and shows, Music venue

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Facts and practical information

The California Ballroom, nicknamed "Cali" and "Soul City", was a 2000-capacity music venue, being one of the United Kingdom's best-known soul music venues outside London. Located in Whipsnade Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, the venue was open from 1960 to 1979. ()

Coordinates: 51°52'41"N, 0°32'10"W

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Southwest DunstableDunstable United Kingdom

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California Ballroom – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dunstable Downs Golf Club, Dunstable Priory, Dunstable Downs, Dunstable Leisure Centre.

0.4 miSE
Golf
Dunstable Downs Golf Club, Dunstable
12 min walk • Dunstable Downs Golf Club is a golf club in the southwest of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. It was established in 1906. As of 1995 the course measured 6251 yards. The club has hosted the British PGA Matchplay Championship.
1 miNE
Church, Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Dunstable Priory, Dunstable
25 min walk • The Priory Church of St Peter with its monastery was founded in 1132 by Henry I for Augustinian Canons in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. St Peter's today is only the nave of what remains of an originally much larger Augustinian priory church.
1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Dunstable Downs, Dunstable
25 min walk • Dunstable Downs are part of the Chiltern Hills, in southern Bedfordshire in England, located near the town of Dunstable. They are a chalk escarpment forming the north-eastern reaches of the Chilterns.
1.1 miNE
Universities and schools
Dunstable Leisure Centre, Dunstable
27 min walk • Central Bedfordshire College is a British further education college located in Bedfordshire, England. The college was established in 1961 in Dunstable. On 14 January 2010, the college was renamed Central Bedfordshire College.
1.2 miNW
Protected area
Sewell Cutting, Dunstable
32 min walk • Sewell Cutting is a 3.6 hectare nature reserve at Sewell in Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire. It is owned by Central Bedfordshire Council and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
0.6 miNE
51°53'8"N • 0°31'39"W
Dunstable Sea Cadets, Dunstable
17 min walk • Windmill
1 miW
Sport venue, Sport
Lancot Park
26 min walk • Lancot Park is a cricket ground in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Situated at the foot of Dunstable Downs, on the outskirts of the village of Totternhoe, Lancot Park is the home of Dunstable Town Cricket Club.