Sharpenhoe

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Sharpenhoe
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Sharpenhoe from Sharpenhoe Clappers
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Sharpenhoe
Location within Bedfordshire
OS grid reference TL065305
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bedford
Postcode district MK45
Dialling code 01582
Police Bedfordshire
Fire Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance East of England
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List of places
UK
England
Bedfordshire
51°57′43″N0°26′56″W / 51.962°N 0.449°W / 51.962; -0.449

Sharpenhoe is a small village in Bedfordshire, England, at the foot of the hills known as the Sharpenhoe Clappers, which are within the Chilterns AONB. Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills are a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and most of it is a National Trust property. It is in the civil parish of Streatley.

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Woburn Abbey had interests in Sharpenhoe. [1]


Transport

The village is about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of junction 12 of the M1, north of Luton, south of Bedford, east of Harlington and just to the west of the A6 road at Barton le Clay.

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