Maulden Wood

#1116 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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Maulden Wood is a woodland situated in Bedfordshire, England, near the village of Maulden, on the greensand ridge that stretches from Leighton Buzzard to Gamlingay. It includes Maulden Wood and Pennyfather's Hill, a 148.8 hectare, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. ()

Coordinates: 52°2'20"N, 0°26'40"W

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Maulden Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Houghton House, Chicksands Priory, St Mary's Church, Ailesbury Mausoleum.

1.8 miW
Entertainment, Sculpture, Ruins
Houghton House, Ampthill
47 min walk • Houghton House is a ruined mansion house in the parish of Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building, positioned above the surrounding countryside, and commands excellent views.
3.3 miE
Monastery
Chicksands Priory, Shefford
85 min walk • Chicksands Priory is a former monastic house at Chicksands in Bedfordshire.
1.5 miE
Ruins
St Mary's Church
38 min walk • The present St Mary's Church is located in the centre of the small village of Clophill, between Bedford and Luton in the South Midlands of England. The new church, built in 1848, replaced the old church by order of the Church Commissioners in 1850.
0.8 miSW
Memorial
Ailesbury Mausoleum, Maulden
22 min walk • The Ailesbury Mausoleum situated in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Maulden, in Bedfordshire, is a Grade II listed structure built in 1656 by Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, of nearby Houghton House in the parish of Maulden, for the purpose of housing the coffin and...
3.8 miSW
Park
Flitwick Wood, Norwood Road Nature Reserve
98 min walk • Flitwick Wood is a 14.2 hectares Local Nature Reserve in Flitwick in Bedfordshire. It is owned and managed by Central Bedfordshire Council. The site is semi-natural woodland, with some ancient trees and others that have been recently planted.
2 miS
Memorial, Historical place
De Grey Mausoleum
52 min walk • The de Grey Mausoleum in Flitton, Bedfordshire, England, is one of the largest sepulchral chapels in the country. The Mausoleum contains over twenty monuments to the de Grey family who lived in nearby Wrest Park.
4.2 miNW
Valley, Park
Marston Vale, Marston Moreteyne
107 min walk • Marston Vale is an area of Bedfordshire. It lies to the south west of Bedford and Kempston, near Junction 13 of the M1 motorway.
3.5 miSE
Church
St Mary's Church
90 min walk • St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Lower Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.7 miW
Memorial
Masquerade, Ampthill
69 min walk • Masquerade is a picture book, written and illustrated by Kit Williams and published in August 1979, that sparked a treasure hunt by including concealed clues to the location of a jewelled golden hare that had been created and hidden somewhere in Britain by Williams.
3.8 miSW
Church
Church of St Peter & St Paul, Flitwick
97 min walk • The Church of St Peter & St Paul is the Church of England parish church in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England. It became a Grade I listed building on 23 January 1961.
2.7 miSW
Park
Flitwick Moor, Flitwick
69 min walk • Flitwick Moor is a 59.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Flitwick and Greenfield in Bedfordshire. It was notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in 1984 and the local planning authority is Central Bedfordshire Council.

Maulden Wood

Facts and practical information

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Maulden Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)