Whipsnade
Whipsnade is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England.

Whipsnade is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, about 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) south-south-west of Dunstable on the top of the Dunstable Downs, which drop away steeply to the south of the village.
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Worth seeing in and around Whipsnade
8 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.
- 01Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo located in Whipsnade, near Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. It is one of two zoos that is looked-after by the Zoological Society of London, a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats.
700 m · zoo near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
Whipsnade Tree Cathedral is a 9.5-acre garden in the village of Whipsnade in Bedfordshire, England. It is planted in the approximate form of a cathedral, with grass avenues for nave, chancel, transepts, chapels and cloisters and "walls" of different species of trees.
300 m · Garden in Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Giles, Totternhoe
The Church of St Giles is a Grade I listed Anglican church situated in the village of Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, England. Constructed primarily from locally sourced Totternhoe Stone, the church's architectural evolution spans from the 14th to the 16th century.
3.7 km · church in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary, Studham
Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed church in Studham, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 3 February 1967.
2 km · church in Studham, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church 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.
2.4 km · church in Kensworth, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Kensworth 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.
2.1 km · 131.3 hectare geological site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 07Great Whipsnade Railway
The Great Whipsnade Railway, also known as The Jumbo Express, is an English, 2 ft 6 in narrow gauge heritage railway that operates within ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, England.
700 m · narrow-gauge railway in Whipsnade Zoo · Wikipedia - 08Lancot Park
Lancot Park is a cricket ground in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Situated at the foot of Dunstable Downs, on the outskirts of the village of Totternhoe, Lancot Park is the home of Dunstable Town Cricket Club.
3.9 km · cricket ground in Bedfordshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Whipsnade
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 12 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 43 km · London Stansted (STN), 53 km
- London → Whipsnade47 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £5–7
- London, Essex → Whipsnade47 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £5–7
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Whipsnade117 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Whipsnade
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Whipsnade. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt's a major hub for the budget airlines easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air, and for charter flights by Tui.
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Next door to Whipsnade
Whipsnade is 37 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kensworthvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK2.4 km
- Studhamvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK2.5 km
- Edlesboroughvillage and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England3.9 km
- Holywellvillage in Bedfordshire, England1 km
- Dagnallvillage in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom2.4 km
- Church Endhamlet in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, England, UK3.8 km