Sandy

E330569

Sandy is a small market town in Bedfordshire, England, known historically for its market gardening and proximity to the RSPB headquarters.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sandy canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
town
country England
distanceTo approximately 18 miles west of Cambridge
approximately 8 miles east of Bedford
governingBody Central Bedfordshire Council
hasCeremonialCounty Bedfordshire
hasDialCode 01767
hasEducationalInstitution Laburnum Primary School
Maple Tree Primary School
Sandy Secondary School
hasGreenSpace Sandy Warren (part of RSPB The Lodge)
hasHistoricalIndustry market gardening
hasLandmark RSPB The Lodge nature reserve
Sandy War Memorial
St Swithun’s Church, Sandy
The Lodge (RSPB headquarters)
hasNeighbouringSettlement Biggleswade
Blunham
Potton
Tempsford
hasOSGridReference TL175495
hasParliamentaryConstituency North East Bedfordshire
hasPopulation approximately 13,000 (early 21st century estimate)
hasPostalArea SG
hasPostcodeDistrict SG19
hasPostTown SANDY
hasPrimaryIndustry agriculture
hasRailwayStation Sandy railway station
hasRecreationalRoute Greensand Ridge Walk
Kingfisher Way NERFINISHED
hasRegion East of England
hasRiver River Ivel
hasRiverFeature Ivel Navigation (historical)
hasSettlementType market town
hasTransport bus services to Bedford
bus services to Biggleswade
bus services to Cambridge
hasType small town
historicalCounty Bedfordshire
knownFor market gardening
locatedIn Bedfordshire
East of England
United Kingdom
locatedInDistrict Central Bedfordshire
locatedNear RSPB headquarters
locatedOn A1 road
railwayLine East Coast Main Line

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bedfordshire contains Sandy
River Ivel flowsThrough Sandy
Gamlingay locatedNear Sandy
SG hasPostTown Sandy
subject surface form: SG postcode area
MK hasPostTown Sandy