Skimpot

Worth seeing in and around Skimpot

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Dunstable

   Dunstable is a market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles north of London. There are several steep chalk escarpments, most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north.

   3.1 km · market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Kenilworth Road

   Kenilworth Road, also known as the Kenny, is a football stadium in the area of Bury Park, Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It has been the home ground of Luton Town Football Club since 1905.

   3.1 km · football stadium in Luton, Bedfordshire, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dunstable Priory

   The Priory Church of St Peter with its monastery was founded in 1132 by Henry I for Augustinian Canons in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. St Peter's today is only the nave of what remains of an originally much larger Augustinian priory church.

   2.8 km · church in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St Mary, Kensworth

   The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a church in the village of Kensworth in Bedfordshire, England. It became a Grade I listed building on 3 February 1967.

   3.6 km · church in Kensworth, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Waulud's Bank

   Waulud's Bank is a possible Neolithic henge in Leagrave, Luton, England dating from 3000 BC. The Waulud's Bank earthworks are in the north of Luton on the edge of Leagrave Common, with central Leagrave to the south east and Marsh Farm to the west. The River Lea runs alongside on the western side, its source located within the vicinity of the surrounding marsh.

   2.7 km · archaeological site in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Kensworth Chalk Pit

   Kensworth Chalk Quarry is a 131.3-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kensworth in Bedfordshire. It was notified under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the local planning authority is Central Bedfordshire.

   3.7 km · 131.3 hectare geological site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Grove House

   Grove House, also known as Dunstable Municipal Offices, is a municipal building in High Street North, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. The building, which forms the offices and meeting place of Dunstable Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

   3.2 km · house in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bury Park United Reformed Church

   Bury Park United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed former United Reformed church in Luton, Bedfordshire.

   3.5 km · church in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis

   The Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, is a medieval Grade I listed building. Characterised by flint and clunch checker work on the exterior, the church dates predominantly from the 13th and 14th centuries, with 15th century additions.

   3.6 km · church in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Skimpot

Airports

London Luton (LTN), 8 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 46 km · London Stansted (STN), 49 km

Stations

Leagrave railway station, 2.3 km · Dunstable North railway station, 3.8 km

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  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £5–7
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Skimpot

  117 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £12–16
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