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The Hare and Hounds

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A traditional village local in Old Warden, an estate village of ornate thatched cottages tied to the Shuttleworth family. It makes a natural stop after the Swiss Garden, the Shuttleworth aerodrome, or Warden Abbey Vineyard close by. Biggleswade station is about 5km to the east.

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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.

0.1 km N · Bedfordshire

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.

1.3 km NE

Photo of Southill Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Old Warden, Bedfordshire, eastern England.

Southill Park

House & garden near Old Warden

Capability Brown parkland of 1777 around a Palladian house remodelled by Henry Holland for the Whitbreads.

1.7 km S

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.

3.5 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.

6.7 km N · spans 5 counties

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.

6.9 km NE