Blow's Downs (51°52′55″N 0°30′04″W / 51.8819°N 0.5012°W / 51.8819; -0.5012 (Blow's Downs)) are a continuation of the Dunstable Downs escarpment on the eastern side of Dunstable. This is also known as Blow's Down, and the apostrophe is sometimes omitted.
The area is designated an SSSI, most of which is managed as a nature reserve by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
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