Cowper & Newton Museum
(3 Miles)*
Visit Orchard Side, home of the 18th century poet, translator and Letter-writer William Cowper. See displays of his works, portraits and memorabilia, plus those of his friend John Newton.
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Bromham Mill and Gallery
(8 Miles)*
There was a mill on the site of Bromham Mill since before the domesday survey in 1086.
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Woburn Abbey
(8 Miles)*
Visitors will experience living history at Woburn Abbey - the Russell family has lived here for almost 450 years and it is still their family home.
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National Waterways Museum
(9 Miles)*
Housed in a restored cornmill in the picturesque village of Stoke Bruerne, the museum collection vividly portrays the heritage of 200 years of inland waterways.
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Moot Hall
(10 Miles)*
Elstow Moot Hall (or Green House as it was formerly known) was built in the late 15th century as a market-house in connection with the village fairs.
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Bedford Museum
(10 Miles)*
Housed in the former Higgins and Sons Brewery, Bedford Museum is situated within the picturesque gardens of Bedford Castle, beside the Great Ouse Embankment.
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Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
(10 Miles)*
The Cecil Higgins Art Gallery is now closed for re-development and will re-open in 2009/10.
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Santa Pod Raceway
(10 Miles)*
Santa Pod is the best known drag racing track outside America, attracting the best drivers and race teams in European Drag Racing.
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Abington Park Museum
(11 Miles)*
'The museum in the park' is a beautiful Grade 1 listed building.
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Northampton Museum & Art Gallery
(12 Miles)*
Fascinating footwear worn throughout the ages is just one of the many attractions in the museum.
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Leighton Buzzard Railway
(12 Miles)*
With its sharp curves, its steep gradients, its level crossings and its unique roadside running, the Leighton Buzzard Railway takes you back to a more relaxed age of transport.
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Sywell Aviation Museum
(13 Miles)*
Sywell Aviation Museum charts the history of the delightful Art Deco Sywell Aerodrome from 1928 to the present and aviation in Northamptonshire as a whole.
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Stowe Landscape Gardens
(14 Miles)*
One of the first and finest Georgian landscape gardens in Britain, Stowe has over 30 arches and temples mirrored in the waters of lakes or silhouetted against the sky. The garden and park were created by the Temple family during a two hundred year period.
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Ascott
(14 Miles)*
Originally a half-timbered Jacobean farmhouse, Ascott was bought in 1876 by the de Rothschild family and considerably transformed and enlarged.
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Swiss Garden
(16 Miles)*
A visit to the Swiss Garden takes you back to the early 19th century, when an interest in ornamental gardening and picturesque architecture were first combined.
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