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

© PAUL FARMER / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Lodge, Sandy

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The Lodge is the RSPB’s headquarters, wrapped in a reserve of woodland, heath and formal gardens on the Greensand Ridge above the Ivel valley near Sandy. It holds the largest stretch of heathland in the county and an Iron Age hillfort, with around five miles of trails and hobbies and nightjars in summer. Open every day from dawn to dusk, with a car park; Sandy station is about 1.5km off.

More places to visit near The Lodge, Sandy

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.

5.5 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.

5.6 km S

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 km NW · spans 5 counties

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.

6.8 km SW · Bedfordshire

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.

8 km SW

Photo of Ashwell, a village in Hertfordshire, eastern England.Highlight

Ashwell

Village

North-Hertfordshire village of preserved timber-framed houses gathered under a tall medieval church spire, beside the chalk springs that feed the River Cam.

11.2 km SE · Hertfordshire