Chiltern Green
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Chiltern Green is a hamlet
located in Bedfordshire
, England
.
The settlement lent its name to Chiltern Green railway station
, which was located in nearby New Mill End
. The railway station closed in 1952. Today, London Luton Airport
is located to the north west of Chiltern Green.
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 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 lent its name to Chiltern Green railway station
Chiltern Green railway station
Chiltern Green railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras.The station was located in New Mill End but took its name from the small hamlet of Chiltern Green about a mile away. Adjacent to it was the GNR station of Luton Hoo also located in New Mill End...
, which was located in nearby New Mill End
New Mill End
New Mill End is a hamlet located in Bedfordshire, England, close to county border with Hertfordshire.New Mill End was the location of Chiltern Green railway station which opened in 1868. The station closed in 1952, however the station buildings survive to this day as a private home....
. The railway station closed in 1952. Today, London Luton Airport
London Luton Airport
London Luton Airport is an international airport located east of the town centre in the Borough of Luton in Bedfordshire, England and is north of Central London. The airport is from Junction 10a of the M1 motorway...
is located to the north west of Chiltern Green.