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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 Ridgmont StationRidgmont

32 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.

4.1 km S

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.

4.8 km S · Bedfordshire

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.

6.4 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.

7.7 km E

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.

8.4 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.

8.9 km W

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 SE · 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.

1.2 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.

4.8 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.

9.5 km E

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.

9.5 km SE

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.

9.6 km SE · spans 7 counties

Everything else within 10 km (20) — 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.