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Photo of Woburn Abbey Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden in Bedfordshire, eastern England.

Woburn Abbey Gardens© Philip Halling / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Aspley Guise StationAspley Guise

27 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Woburn Abbey Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden in Bedfordshire, eastern England.Iconic

Woburn Abbey Gardens

House & garden near Woburn

Ducal seat with deer park and safari grounds.

4.4 km SE

Photo of Woburn, a village in Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Woburn

Village

Handsome Georgian estate village with an elegant high street of independent shops, gateway to Woburn Abbey and its safari park.

4.9 km SE · Bedfordshire

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

5.8 km W · spans 9 counties

Photo of Willen Lake, a Lake near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Willen Lake

Lake near Milton Keynes

Twin lakes in Milton Keynes with a lakeside park, watersports and a Buddhist Peace Pagoda on the northern shore.

6.7 km NW

Photo of Bletchley Park, a visitor attraction near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, south east England.Highlight

Bletchley Park

Attraction near Milton Keynes

Victorian mansion and huts at Bletchley where Second World War codebreakers cracked Enigma, now a museum of the work and its machines.

7.9 km W

Photo of Rushmere Country Park, a country park near Woburn, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Rushmere Country Park

Country park near Woburn

Four hundred acres of woodland, heath and meadow on the Greensand Ridge near Leighton Buzzard, with a lakeside cafe and hilltop views.

8.9 km S

Photo: Ampthill Park, a viewpoint near Clophill, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Ampthill Park

Viewpoint near Clophill

A Capability Brown parkland on the Greensand Ridge with wide views, ancient oaks and Katherine's Cross marking a lost Tudor palace.

9 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the John Bunyan Trail, an 81-mile long-distance path in eastern England.

John Bunyan Trail

Long-distance path

Around Bedfordshire in John Bunyan's footsteps — Elstow, Bedford and the chalk rises he recast as the Delectable Mountains.

2.8 km E · Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire

Photo along the Greensand Ridge Walk, a 40-mile long-distance path running from Leighton Buzzard to Gamlingay, England.

Greensand Ridge Walk

Long-distance path

Leighton Buzzard to Gamlingay along Bedfordshire's wooded sandstone ridge, waymarked with a muntjac in a nod to Woburn's escapees.

3.6 km E · Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Cambridgeshire

Photo of Marston Vale Millennium Country Park, a country park near Elstow, Bedfordshire, eastern England.

Marston Vale Millennium Country Park

Country park near Elstow

A country park in Bedfordshire.

7.2 km NE

Photo along the Ouse Valley Way, a 150-mile long-distance path running from Syresham to King's Lynn, England.

Ouse Valley Way

Long-distance path

The Great Ouse walked source to sea — from a pub garden at Syresham to the old quay at King's Lynn, 150 miles across five counties.

9.5 km NW · spans 5 counties

Everything else within 10 km (16) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.