Cowper & Newton Museum
(7 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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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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Leighton Buzzard Railway
(9 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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Stowe Landscape Gardens
(10 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
(11 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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Claydon House
(12 Miles)*
Claydon is an extraordinary house with remarkable 18th century, rococo and chinoiserie decoration. Features include the unique Chinese room and parquetry Grand Stairs.
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Bromham Mill and Gallery
(12 Miles)*
There was a mill on the site of Bromham Mill since before the domesday survey in 1086.
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Moot Hall
(13 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
(13 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
(13 Miles)*
The Cecil Higgins Art Gallery is now closed for re-development and will re-open in 2009/10.
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Northampton Museum & Art Gallery
(14 Miles)*
Fascinating footwear worn throughout the ages is just one of the many attractions in the museum.
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Abington Park Museum
(14 Miles)*
'The museum in the park' is a beautiful Grade 1 listed building.
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Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
(14 Miles)*
The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a working Steam Museum, with one of the largest collections of locomotives, vehicles and railway memorabilia in the UK.
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Santa Pod Raceway
(15 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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