Lower Dean

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Lower Dean
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Lower Dean
Location within Bedfordshire
OS grid reference TL054689
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HUNTINGDON
Postcode district PE28
Dialling code 01234
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52°18′30″N0°27′16″W / 52.30827°N 0.45439°W / 52.30827; -0.45439

Lower Dean is a village located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.

The village forms part of the Dean and Shelton civil parish (where the 2011 Census population was included), and is close to the county border with Northamptonshire and the district of Huntingdonshire in Cambridgeshire.

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