Galley and Warden Hills, Luton

Name: Galley and Warden Hills
Address: Luton, United Kingdom

#13 among attractions in Luton

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Galley and Warden Hills is a 47 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Warden Hill, a suburb of Luton in Bedfordshire. The local planning authority is Central Bedfordshire Council, and it was notified in 1986 under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is also a Local Nature Reserve. ()

Elevation: 630 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°55'20"N, 0°24'54"W

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Luton United Kingdom

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Galley and Warden Hills – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kenilworth Road, Wardown Park, South Beds Golf Club, Telegraph Hill.

2.7 miS
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Kenilworth Road, Luton
70 min walk • Kenilworth Road stands proudly in Luton, England, as a testament to the town's deep-rooted love for football. This charismatic stadium, with a capacity of just over 10,000, is not only a sports venue but a significant landmark steeped in history.
2 miS
Park
Wardown Park, Luton
51 min walk • Wardown Park is situated on the River Lea in Luton. The park has various sporting facilities, is home to the Wardown Park Museum and contains formal gardens.
0.4 miN
Golf
South Beds Golf Club, Luton
11 min walk • South Beds Golf Club is a golf club in Galley Hill, near Bramingham and north of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It was established in 1893 and is ranked as the fourth best golf course in the county by the website Top 100 Golf Courses.
2.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Telegraph Hill
63 min walk • Telegraph Hill is a nature reserve near Lilley in north Hertfordshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
1.8 miS
Museum
Wardown Park Museum, Luton
47 min walk • Wardown House Museum and Gallery formerly Wardown Park Museum and, before that, the Luton Museum & Art Gallery in Luton, is housed in a large Victorian mansion in Wardown Park on the outskirts of the town centre. The museum collection focuses on the traditional crafts of Bedfordshire, notably lace-making and hat-making.
2.7 miN
Church
Church of St Nicholas, Barton-le-Clay
70 min walk • Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed church in Barton le Clay, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 3 February 1967.
2.3 miN
Hill
Barton Hills, Chiltern Hills
60 min walk • Barton Hills are situated southeast of the village of Barton-le-Clay in the English county of Bedfordshire. They are part of the Chilterns and hiking routes are marked on maps at the entrance to the hills. From the foot of the hillside, a spring marks the start of a chalk stream river. During the summer, Dartmoor ponies roam the hills.
2.1 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Lea Valley Walk, Luton
55 min walk • The Lea Valley Walk is a 50-mile long-distance path located between Leagrave, the source of the River Lea near Luton, and the Thames, at Limehouse Basin, Limehouse, east London. From its source much of the walk is rural.
2 miSW
Archaeological site
Waulud's Bank, Luton
52 min walk • Waulud's Bank is a possible Neolithic henge in Leagrave, Luton dating from 3,000BC. The Waulud's Bank earthworks are in the North of Luton and are situated on the edge of Leagrave common, with Central Leagrave to the south east and Marsh Farm to the west.
2.5 miN
Protected area
Barton Gravel Pit, Chiltern Hills
63 min walk • Barton Gravel Pit is a 1.1 hectare nature reserve east of Barton-le-Clay in Bedfordshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
2.6 miS
Nightlife
Painters Arms, Luton
67 min walk • The Painters Arms is a Grade II listed pub in Luton, England. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It was rebuilt in 1913. Seán Ó Roideacháin's poem 'High Town Road' is about Irish emigrants in The Painters Arms and The Freeholder on High Town Road during the late 1980s.