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A picture of Willington

Willington (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction S)

Willington lies on the south east outskirts of Bedford, it is most notable for its Dovecote, an oblong structure with nesting chambers and several stepped gables. Its stables are.....

Bedford Road roundabout, Sandy.

Sandy (6 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction S)

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Pony's

Bedford (71 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction SW)

Bedford is the historic County town of Bedfordshire with a beautiful riverside setting on the great River Ouse. John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's has strong associations with this town...

Elstow Abbey Church. Elstow, Bedfordshire

Elstow (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction S)

Elstow's fine Moot Hall is a building of 1500, this is a medieval market hall which is open to the public, it houses a collection illustrating John Bunyan's life and times...

St Ives

St Ives (59 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cambridgeshire (12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction E)

This attractive market town has one of the most highly picturesque river bridges in the country. The bridge dates to the 15th century and is famous for the chapel in its centre bay, it is one of only four medieval bridge chapel's surviving in England...

Old Warden, Bedfordshire

Old Warden (23 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction S)

Old Warden is a sleepy Bedfordshire village with pretty honey-coloured thatched cottages and a wealth of other interesting buildings...

Olney Church

Olney (62 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (16.7 miles, 26.8 km, direction SW)

Amongst other things the small town of Olney in Buckinghamshire is famous for its hymns - Amazing Grace was one of the so-called Olney Hymns written by the rector John Newton, and William Cowper, the poet...

Clophill village green, Bedfordshire

Clophill (8 Pictures)

in the county of Bedfordshire (17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction S)

A village surrounded by woodlands and famous for the art of straw plaiting used to make straw boater hats. Legend has it that Dick Turpin stopped here on his famous ride to York......

A picture of the remains of Houghton house, in Ampthill, Bedfordshire

Ampthill (13 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Bedfordshire (17.5 miles, 28.1 km, direction S)

The lovely town of Ampthill lies sheltered by hills in the sandstone belt of Bedfordshire...

St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Hertfordshire

Ashwell (30 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction SE)

Ashwell embodies some of the finest domestic architecture in England, here in this well preserved village, at a glance you get a pleasurable insight as to what England was like in the 16th and 17th-centuries...

All Saints Church, Fotheringhay

Fotheringhay (27 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (18.1 miles, 29.2 km, direction N)

The lantern tower of the Church of St. Mary and All Saints at Fotheringhay shines through the deepening shadows of the great trees that frame it, shadows matched in darkness by those less visible that haunt the village where the final tragedy of Mary, Queen of Scots was enacted...

Silsoe High Street, viewing south Silsoe, Bedfordshire

Silsoe (19 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (18.3 miles, 29.4 km, direction S)

Silsoe is mostly noted for Wrest Park, a mansion in French Chateaux style which was the home of the de Grey family...

Kayaker on River Granta

Grantchester (9 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cambridgeshire (19.9 miles, 32.1 km, direction E)

The village of Grantchester, is a picturesque village along the river Cam, often enjoyed by tourists and students who travel to the village by punt from nearby Cambridge, to.....

A picture of Newport Pagnell

Newport Pagnell (20 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Buckinghamshire (20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction SW)

Visitors here can find plenty to interest them, the town has the worlds oldest iron-bridge still in use for motorised traffic...

St Leonard's, Apethorpe

Apethorpe (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Northamptonshire (20.3 miles, 32.7 km, direction N)

Apethorpe is a small, picturesque, East Northamptonshire village, a mile and a half from Kings Cliffe. St Leonard is an attractive looking church in a nice setting. Trees.....

Baldock High St, Hertfordshire

Baldock (5 Pictures)

in the county of Hertfordshire (20.6 miles, 33.1 km, direction S)

The town lies close to the River Beane, in a spot where the river flows through some lovely water meadows and tranquil English countryside...

Bridge of Sighs, St John's College, Cambridge

Cambridge (440 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (20.7 miles, 33.3 km, direction E)

Cambridge has an abundance of magnificent buildings, and these together with riverside walks, wonderful museums and quaint old streets...

Marendaz Trainer at Barton Aerodrome

Barton Le Clay (13 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Bedfordshire (20.8 miles, 33.4 km, direction S)

The attractive village of Barton-le-Clay nestles at the foot of the beautiful Barton Hills, it is ringed by beautiful Bedfordshire countryside and is famous for its impressive.....

Sunset from Storefield Farm looking toward Rushton

Rushton (13 Pictures)

in the county of Northamptonshire (20.9 miles, 33.7 km, direction NW)

The picturesque village of Rushton set between Desborough and Rothwell is famous for the Rushton Triangular Lodge built in 1593 by Roman Catholic Sir Thomas Tresham to symbolise the Holy Trinity...

Peterborough

Peterborough (143 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cambridgeshire (21.4 miles, 34.4 km, direction N)

The magic of Peterborough lies in the richness of its beautiful Cathedral. It is a glorious historical treasure house, it is unique and quite beyond compare...

Recommended attractions near Great Staughton

Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire

Houghton Mill (18 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction NE)

Houghton is a beautifully restored water mill from the 17th century. It can be found in the delightful village of Houghton,.....

A sunny winter December 17th 2006 at Shuttleworth House, Bedfordshire

Shuttleworth House (3 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction S)

coming soon email: collection@shuttleworth.org http://www.shuttleworthcollection.co.uk/..

DH 89A Dragon Rapide Old Warden (pleasure flights)

The Shuttleworth Collection (48 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction S)

The Shuttleworth Collection - a unique flying collection showcasing the first one hundred years of flight. This unique collection.....

Swiss Garden, Old Warden, Bedfordshire - October 2005

The Swiss Garden (29 Pictures)

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction S)

These glorious gardens, laid out in the early part of the 19th century, fully embrace the romanticism of the era. The fashion at.....

Sunset in April at Rowney Warren, Nr Chicksands, Shefford, Beds

Rowney Warren (1 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.7 km, direction S)

Rowney Warren is a lively woodland managed jointly by the Southill Estate and the Forestry Commission. The wood is predominantly.....

Lyveden New Bield

Lyveden New Bield (33 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction NW)

This magnificent ruin is a rare romantic survival from the great Elizabethan period. The landscape on which the relic of this.....

Wimpole Hall in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole Hall (44 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction SE)

Cambridgeshire's largest and grandest Georgian mansion, set in a fine wooded park, complete with folly, Chinese bridge and lake..

Castle Ashby House, Northamptonshire

Castle Ashby House (4 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction W)

The magnificent building of Castle Ashby House is guarded by a pair of splendid 18th-century wrought iron gates. The castle was.....

A picture of Houghton House

Houghton House (24 Pictures)

(16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction S)

Houghton House is a 3 story stately home built by Lady Pembroke in 1621. Houghton is reputedly the model for "House Beautiful" in.....

Tree in the park

Wicksteed Park (8 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.1 km, direction NW)

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Cainhoe Castle, Clophill, Bedfordshire.

Cainhoe Castle (2 Pictures)

(17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction S)

The remains of a late 11th or early 12th century motte and bailey castle with three baileys. Cainhoe castle was probably occupied.....

Old Postcard of The American Cemetary, Nr Cambridge

Cambridge American Military Cemetery & Memorial (30 Pictures)

(17.5 miles, 28.2 km, direction E)

Watched over by a fluttering Stars and Stripes the American Military Cemetery at Madingley in Cambridge is the only one of its.....

Wrest House, Silsoe, Bedfordshire

Wrest Park House and Gardens (70 Pictures)

(18.2 miles, 29.4 km, direction S)

Wrest Park House was once the home of the de Grey family whose Mausoleum is at nearby Flitton. The gardens form a charming.....

Billing Aquadrome in Great Billing, Northamptonshire

Billing Aquadrome (2 Pictures)

(19.9 miles, 32.1 km, direction W)

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Deene Park, Corby, Northamptonshire

Deene Park (5 Pictures)

(20.4 miles, 32.8 km, direction NW)

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Nene Park (Ferry Meadows Country Park) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

Ferry Meadows Country Park (47 Pictures)

(20.6 miles, 33.1 km, direction N)

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University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge

University Botanic Gardens (11 Pictures)

(21.1 miles, 33.9 km, direction E)

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Rushton Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire

Rushton Triangular Lodge (9 Pictures)

(21.3 miles, 34.3 km, direction NW)

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Salcey Forest, the Elephant Ponds

Salcey Forest (1 Pictures)

(21.3 miles, 34.3 km, direction W)

Beautiful forest, with massive oaks over 500 years old, situated a short distance from Ravenstone, close to Stoke Goldington. .....

Kirby Hall

Kirby Hall (30 Pictures)

(21.4 miles, 34.4 km, direction NW)

Looking around the romantic ruin of Kirby Hall it is easy to imagine the splendour of an age when romance was all, and great.....


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