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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 Harlington (Beds) StationHarlington

57 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 the Chilterns, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Chilterns

National Landscape near The Lee

Beech woods and chalk downland within easy reach of London, laced with old ridge paths and grazing red kites

0.4 km E

Photo of Sundon Hills Country Park, a country park near Barton-le-Clay in the Chilterns, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Sundon Hills Country Park

Country park near Barton-le-Clay

A chalk hilltop of beech and ash woodland, crossed by the Icknield Way.

1.7 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.

7.3 km W · Bedfordshire

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.

7.4 km NW

Photo of Wrest Park Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden near Silsoe, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Wrest Park Gardens

House & garden near Silsoe

French-style mansion and formal baroque gardens.

7.8 km NE

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.

8.7 km N

Photo of Houghton House, a landmark near Clophill, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Houghton House

Landmark near Clophill

The romantic ruined shell of a 1621 mansion above Ampthill, reputedly Bunyan's 'House Beautiful', commanding views across the Marston vale.

9.1 km N

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.

0.3 km NE · Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire

Photo along the Icknield Way Path, a 110-mile long-distance path running from Ivinghoe Beacon to Knettishall Heath, England.

Icknield Way Path

Long-distance path

The missing middle of the 'oldest road in Britain', linking the Ridgeway at Ivinghoe Beacon to the Peddars Way at Knettishall Heath.

1.1 km S · spans 7 counties

Photo along the Chiltern Way, a 177-mile long-distance path in England.

Chiltern Way

Long-distance path

The Chiltern Society's grand loop through four counties of beechwood and chalk, grown from a Millennium project into 177 miles.

2.1 km SE · spans 5 counties

Photo of St George's Church, Toddington, a church in Bedfordshire, eastern England.

St George's Church, Toddington

Church near Toddington

Grand cruciform church consecrated in 1322, rich in medieval brasses and memorials, with a frieze of carved beasts on its exterior.

3.1 km SW

Photo of All Saints Church, Chalgrave, a church in Bedfordshire, eastern England.

All Saints Church, Chalgrave

Church near Chalgrave

Isolated downland church prized for its medieval wall paintings, the oldest a late thirteenth-century row thought to show the apostles.

3.9 km SW

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.

5.5 km NW · Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Cambridgeshire

Photo along the Lea Valley Walk, a 50-mile long-distance path running from Luton to Limehouse Basin, England.

Lea Valley Walk

Long-distance path

Down the Lea from its source at Leagrave to the Thames at Limehouse — flat towpath walking through Hertford and the Olympic Park.

6.2 km SE · spans 4 counties

Photo of De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton, a landmark near Silsoe, Bedfordshire, eastern England.

De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton

Landmark near Silsoe

Cross-shaped burial chapel of the de Greys of Wrest Park, built onto Flitton church and filled with some 17 carved tombs and effigies.

6.2 km NE

Dunstable Priory

Priory near Luton

The surviving nave of an Augustinian priory, with a Norman west front.

8.6 km S

Everything else within 10 km (41) — 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.