Tempsford

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Tempsford is a small village in Bedfordshire, England, known for its rural setting near the confluence of the River Ivel and the River Great Ouse and its historical role in World War II as a secret airfield base.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
village
category Civil parishes in Bedfordshire
Villages in Bedfordshire
World War II airfields in Bedfordshire
ceremonialCounty Bedfordshire
country England
crossedBy A1 road
dialCode 01767
governedBy Central Bedfordshire Council
hasEconomicCharacter predominantly agricultural
hasFeature farmland
riverside meadows
rural landscape
hasFormerAirfield RAF Tempsford
hasLandmark St Peter’s Church, Tempsford
Tempsford Bridge
site of RAF Tempsford
hasRuralSetting true
hasTransportHistory former Tempsford railway station
historicalRole World War II secret airfield base
historicCounty Bedfordshire
knownFor RAF Tempsford
lieutenancyArea Bedfordshire
locatedAtConfluenceOf River Great Ouse
River Ivel
locatedIn Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire
East of England
United Kingdom
locatedNorthOf Sandy
locatedSouthOf St Neots
near River Great Ouse
River Ivel
OSGridReference TL160530
parishChurch St Peter’s Church, Tempsford
parliamentaryConstituency North East Bedfordshire
population small village population
postcodeArea SG
postcodeDistrict SG19
postTown Sandy
railwayStationStatus disused
region East of England
servedBy RAF Tempsford
usedDuring Second World War
linked to: World War II
WWIIRole Special Operations Executive missions
dropping agents behind enemy lines
supplying resistance movements in occupied Europe

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