Official Name: | Sharpenhoe |
Label Position: | top |
Country: | England |
Region: | East of England |
Shire County: | Bedfordshire |
Coordinates: | 51.962°N -0.449°W |
Static Image Name: | Sharpenhoe - geograph.org.uk - 545706.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Sharpenhoe from Sharpenhoe Clappers |
Unitary England: | Central Bedfordshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Bedfordshire |
Constituency Westminster: | Mid Bedfordshire |
Post Town: | Bedford |
Postcode District: | MK45 |
Postcode Area: | MK |
Dial Code: | 01582 |
Os Grid Reference: | TL065305 |
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.
Woburn Abbey had interests in Sharpenhoe. [1]
The village is about 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.