Woburn, Bedfordshire

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Woburn
Woburn shown within Bedfordshire
OS grid reference	SP949331
District	Mid Bedfordshire
Shire county	Bedfordshire
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Bedfordshire
Fire	Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Mid Bedfordshire
List of places: UK • England • Bedfordshire

Coordinates: 51°59′18″N 0°37′10″W / 51.98826, -0.61942

St. Mary's parish church in Woburn

Woburn is a small town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is situated about five miles south east of the centre of Milton Keynes, and about three miles south of junction 13 of the M1 motorway.

The west front of Woburn Abbey, as seen approaching the house.

The east side of the Abbey, looking into the former central courtyard.

It is best known as the location of Woburn Abbey (a stately home) and Woburn Safari Park. It also has a heated outdoor pool open in the summer months and a popular Oyster Festival on the first weekend of September every year attracting thousands of visitors. August sees the Tiger Moth Rally Weekend at the Abbey. Woburn Abbey has played host to many outdoor live music concerts including Dire Straits, Elton John and Neil Diamond. In July 2007 the Abbey hosted the three day Woburn Live concert featuring Classic FM Live, Van Morrison and Ronnie Scott's Big Band on three consecutive evenings.

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