Attractions at Bedford

Bedford offers much more in touring and holiday attractions. These include the following:

Activities

• Fishing - in the Great Ouse which forms the boundary to the park.
• Golf - Pavenham, Clapham, Cleat Hill and Easton Maudit courses are all nearby.
• Swimming - Leisure Centres at Bedford, Northampton and Milton Keynes.
• Walking - many local walks including riverside paths.
• Eating Out - local hotels, inns and restaurants.
• Boating - small boats are allowed on the Great Ouse.

Places to Visit

• Harrold-Odell Country Park
• Bromham - working mill and nature reserve, plus various exhibitions and workshops.
• Local Villages - Pavenham, Odell, Harrold, Oakley and Felmersham - delightfully pretty and reminiscent of another age.
• Old Warden - 19th Century Swiss garden plus the Shuttleworth aircraft collection at the aerodrome.
• Woburn - Woburn Abbey, home of the Duke of Bedford.
• Bedford - shopping centres and delightful walks on the river embankment.
• Castle Ashby - gardens, rural shopping yard and craft workshop.
• Milton Keynes - Indoor shopping centre.
• Stagsden - Bird gardens
• Olney - many antique shops and the Cowper and Newton Museum.
• Stoke Bruerne - waterways museum.
• Towcester - famous racecourse.