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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 Lidlington StationLidlington

30 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: 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.

3.7 km E

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.

5 km E

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.

6.3 km SW

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 km S · Bedfordshire

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

9.9 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

1 km S · Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Cambridgeshire

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.

1 km S · Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire

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.

2 km NE

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.

7.7 km SE

Photo of the River Great Ouse, a river navigation running from Bedford to Denver Sluice, eastern England.

River Great Ouse

River navigation

The great slow river of the Fens, navigable from Bedford through Ely's cathedral skyline to Denver Sluice.

9 km N · Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire & Norfolk

Photo of The Flying Horse, a pub near Clophill, Bedfordshire, eastern England.

The Flying Horse

Pub near Clophill

Premium country pub and restaurant with courtyard and garden in the heart of the Greensand village of Clophill.

9.2 km E

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.

9.4 km N · spans 5 counties

Everything else within 10 km (18) — 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.