Lower Woodside
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Lower Woodside is a hamlet
located in the Central Bedfordshire
district of Bedfordshire
, England
.
The settlement is located north of Aley Green
and southwest of Woodside
. Lower Woodside forms part of the wider Slip End
civil parish
, and is close to the county border with Hertfordshire
. The nearest large town to the settlement is Luton
.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
located in the Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It was created from the merger of Bedfordshire County Council, Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire on 1 April 2009...
district of Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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The settlement is located north of Aley Green
Aley Green
Aley Green is a hamlet located in Bedfordshire, England.Aley Green is located within the civil parish of Caddington. However the cemetery and the southern end of Mancroft Road are in the parish of Slip End, though they are considered to be part of Aley Green.Throughout its history, Aley Green has...
and southwest of Woodside
Woodside, Bedfordshire
Woodside is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.It is probable that the settlement was established in the early Middle Ages by the northern end of Caddington Wood...
. Lower Woodside forms part of the wider Slip End
Slip End
Slip End is a village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, near Luton. As well as the village of Slip End, the parish contains the hamlets of Lower Woodside, Woodside and Pepperstock...
civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
, and is close to the county border with Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
. The nearest large town to the settlement is Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
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