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Photo of The Cock, a pub near Broom, Bedfordshire, eastern England.

The Cock© Philip Jeffrey / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Sandy StationSandy

29 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of The Lodge, Sandy, a nature reserve near Ickwell, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

The Lodge, Sandy

Nature reserve near Ickwell

The RSPB's headquarters wrapped in over a hundred acres of woodland, heath and formal gardens on the Greensand Ridge, laced with nature trails.

1.4 km E

Photo of Swiss Garden, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Ickwell, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Swiss Garden

House & garden near Ickwell

A theatrical Regency Swiss garden of winding paths, follies and a chalet cottage.

5 km SW

Photo of The Cock, a pub near Broom, Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

The Cock

Pub · With rooms near Broom

Greene King ales fetched by the jug straight from the cellar in a quarry-tiled village pub with no bar counter.

5.7 km S

Photo of Old Warden, a village in Bedfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Old Warden

Village

Estate village of picture-book thatched cottages, restored by the Shuttleworth family, with the Swiss Garden and vintage aerodrome on its doorstep.

6.2 km SW · Bedfordshire

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.

0.3 km NW · Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Cambridgeshire

Ickwell

Village

Thatched cottages set around a broad green with a permanent maypole and a cricket club that has played here for over a century.

4.2 km SW · Bedfordshire

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.

5 km N · spans 5 counties

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.

5 km N · Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire & Norfolk

Warden Abbey Vineyard

Vineyard near Old Warden

Historic vineyard on a field first planted by medieval monks and replanted in 1986, offering guided tours and tastings of its award-winning wines.

6 km SW

Photo of Willington, an ancient site near Cardington, Bedfordshire, eastern England.

Willington

Ancient site near Cardington

A National Trust place in Bedfordshire.

7.2 km W

Photo of The White Horse (Southill), a pub in Bedfordshire, eastern England.

The White Horse (Southill)

Pub near Southill

Village country pub at Southill with a heated patio and garden, comforting pub classics and a good range of real ales.

7.5 km SW

Photo of Priory Country Park, a country park near Cardington, Bedfordshire, eastern England.

Priory Country Park

Country park near Cardington

A country park in Bedfordshire.

9.6 km W

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.

9.9 km SW · Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire

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.