Dunstable Downs
Part of Chiltern Hills, England
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Dunstable Downs are part of the Chiltern Hills, in southern Bedfordshire, England; and are located near (and named after) the town of Dunstable. They are a chalk escarpment forming the north-eastern reaches of the Chilterns. At 243 m (797 ft), Dunstable Downs are the highest point in the county of Bedfordshire.
Because of its elevation, Dunstable Downs hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in the port of Great Yarmouth during the years 1808 to 1814.
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Whipsnade Zoo
Zoo near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England
1.1 mi away
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
Garden in Bedfordshire
0.8 mi away
Church of St Mary, Kensworth
Church in Bedfordshire, England
1.4 mi away
Kensworth Chalk Pit
131.3 hectare geological site of Special Scientific Interest
0.8 mi away
Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
UK Site of Special Scientific Interest
0.4 mi away
Totternhoe Roman villa
Roman villa in Bedfordshire, England
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