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Walk 17 - Bow Brickhill to Woburn Sands - Time Out Country Walks Volume 1 |
 | | Woburn is the main delight of this walk - the ancient town itself, the deer park, Woburn Abbey (for those wishing to make the detour) and the safari park (from the public footpath, without paying admission, you may be able to see lions, tigers, zebras, elephants, giraffes and hippos). |
 | | Woburn Abbey (tel 01525 290 666), set in a vast park, about 16km in circumference, is the seat of the Dukes of Bedford, though it was founded for Cistercian monks in 1145 by Hugh de Bolsbec, a Norman whose father came over with William the Conqueror. |
 | | St Mary, the parish church of Woburn, graced with devilish gargoyles, was built by the eighth Duke of Bedford in 1868, and has a memorial window to Mary, Duchess of Bedford. |
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