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Bedfordshire: Cranfield to Luton

This route links the best-known pieces of Bedfordshire folklore. It begins at Cranfield and Marston Moretaine, then goes by the ruined church at Clophill and the mound at Toddington before reaching Woburn Abbey, Five Knolls on Dunstable Downs and Wardown Park in Luton. The A5 stop is best seen from a lay-by only.

8 stops · about 66 km · allow roughly 4 hrs 15 min

  1. 1
    Hauntings
    Lady Snagge of Wood End Road, Cranfield

    Wood End Road, Cranfield

  2. 2
    Curses & omens
    The Devil's Toenail, Marston Moretaine

    Field next to St Mary's Parish Church, Marston Moretaine

  3. 3
    Witchcraft
    Old St Mary's Church, Clophill

    Church ruin on the hill above Clophill village

  4. 4
    Folklore & legend
    Conger Hill, Toddington

    Conger Hill, Fancott, near Toddington

  5. 5
    Hauntings
    Woburn Abbey

    Woburn Abbey, Woburn

  6. 6
    Witchcraft
    Five Knolls and the witch meeting of 1667

    Five Knolls, Dunstable Downs

  7. 7
    Hauntings
    The two cricketers of the A5

    A5 between Markyate and Dunstable

  8. 8
    Hauntings
    Wardown Park House, Luton

    Wardown Park, Luton

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