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    Edgewick Farm

    Edgewick Farm is owned by the Woburn Sands Town Council, but is managed with help from The Greensand Trust, The Edgewick Farm Advisory Group and The Friends of Edgewick Farm. Read more

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Local sites

The Greensand Trust Ranger Service looks after new and existing local countryside sites on behalf of local authorities and private landowners. The service provides high-quality countryside recreation facilities, whilst conserving the public's awareness of environmental and local countryside issues. 

These include new and existing countryside sites, ranging from small nature reserves to significant recreational sites.  Many of these sites are supported by the development and support of voluntary wardens and local friends groups, and the Trust continues to work to develop new groups and volunteers to help with the conservation of these countryside sites.

King St & Avery's

King St & Avery's

An area of riverside land with the River Ouzel running along its western boundary, it is located 1km north of Leighton Buzzard Town Centre. Read more

Published: 20th February, 2017

Updated: 21st January, 2026

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Location: Monarch Way, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1FW

Knolls Wood

Knolls Wood

An area of mixed ornamental woodland on sand planted on former heathland during the 1800s, Knolls Wood is notable for its avenue of Monkey Puzzle trees and various other specimen trees including giant redwoods. Read more

Published: 20th February, 2017

Updated: 16th September, 2025

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Location: plantation Road, Leighton Buzzard

Linslade Wood

Linslade Wood

Situated in the west of Bedfordshire on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard, Linslade Woods comprises Bluebell Wood, an area of ancient woodland together with new plantings from the 1990s. Read more

Published: 20th February, 2017

Updated: 15th July, 2025

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Location: Stoke Road, LU7 2TA

Maulden Woods

Maulden Woods

Our head office is located at the entrance to Maulden Woods - but this site belongs to Forestry England. Read more

Published: 24th June, 2020

Updated: 15th July, 2025

Author: Carolyn Londer-Ward

Edgewick Farm

Edgewick Farm

Edgewick Farm is owned by the Woburn Sands Town Council, but is managed with help from The Greensand Trust, The Edgewick Farm Advisory Group and The Friends of Edgewick Farm. Read more

Published: 20th September, 2017

Updated: 22nd October, 2024

Author: Carolyn Londer-Ward

Studham Common

Studham Common

Studham Common, located only five miles from Luton Town Centre, has been used as common land for centuries. Today this beautiful open space is a highly prized feature of the village, valued by the community as a place of recreation and a haven for wildlife. Read more

Published: 24th February, 2017

Updated: 22nd October, 2024

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Location: (Near) Kensworth Road, Studham, Dunstable, LU6 2QF

Tiddenfoot Waterside Park

Tiddenfoot Waterside Park

Tiddenfoot Waterside Park is a restored sandpit with a lake, acid and neutral grassland, scrub, willow woodland and a poplar plantation. Read more

Published: 20th February, 2017

Updated: 22nd October, 2024

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Ouzel Meadows

Ouzel Meadows

The Ouzel Meadows are 34 acres of flood meadows providing access right through the heart of Leighton Buzzard town centre. Read more

Published: 20th February, 2017

Updated: 7th September, 2022

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Location: Globe Lane, LU7 2TA

Flitton Moor

Flitton Moor

Flitton Moor is a Local Nature Reserve owned by Central Bedfordshire Council and looked after by the Friends of Flitton Moor, with the help of Greensand Trust volunteers. It is an area of flower-rich wet grassland, grazed by cattle, with two ponds and small belts of trees. Read more

Published: 20th February, 2017

Updated: 14th October, 2020

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Location: Brook Lane, MK45 5EJ

Heath Wood and Meadows

Heath Wood and Meadows

Heath Wood consists of mixed woodland on sand planted on former heathland. The site is managed for informal recreation for the local community whilst maintaining ecological interest of its grassland and woodland habitats. Read more

Published: 20th February, 2017

Updated: 30th May, 2017

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