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Flitwick Mill
The Gables, Flitwick

Flitwick is a town in Bedfordshire. It is located about ten miles south of Bedford and ten miles north of Luton.

Get in[edit]

By car[edit]

Flitwick is 5 mi (8.0 km) from junction 12 of the M1.

By train[edit]

1 Flitwick. A station on the Thameslink line. Trains from Flitwick station go north to Bedford and south to Luton, Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London St. Pancras International, Gatwick Airport and Brighton. Flitwick railway station (Q2047756) on Wikidata Flitwick railway station on Wikipedia

By plane[edit]

The nearest airport is Luton Airport (LTN IATA) 14 mi (23 km) miles south.

By bus[edit]

The main bus services are as follows:

  • 42 (Grant Palmer). No Sunday service. Provides an hourly daytime service Mondays to Saturdays providing a connection to Westoning, Harlington, Toddington, Ampthill, Houghton Conquest, Kempston and Bedford.
  • J2 (Stagecoach). Provides an hourly daytime service Mondays to Saturdays to Houghton Conquest, Kempston and Bedford.

Get Around[edit]

See[edit]

  • 1 Flitwick Manor, Church Rd, MK45 1AE (see Sleep below). with grotto. Flitwick Manor (Q5459771) on Wikidata Flitwick Manor on Wikipedia
  • 2 Flitwick Mill, Greenfield Rd, MK45 5BE. Water mill with overshot vertical waterwheel generating electricity Flitwick Mill (Q26607611) on Wikidata
  • 3 Flitwick Moor. A site of scientific interest with a rich valley mire. It is the largest wetland in Bedfordshire Flitwick Moor (Q5459773) on Wikidata Flitwick Moor on Wikipedia
  • 4 Flitwick Castle (Temple Field or), MK45 1RA (Mount Hill is accessed from Kingfisher Rd and Warwick Close). The castle mount is 7 m (20 ft) Flitwick Castle (Q5459772) on Wikidata Flitwick Castle on Wikipedia
  • 5 Wrest Park, Silsoe, MK45 4HR, +44 3703 331 181. A country estate with a Grade I listed house. Wrest Park (Q24662487) on Wikidata Wrest Park on Wikipedia

Do[edit]

  • Leisure Centre

Buy[edit]

  • 1 Flitwick Market, 1hp, 11 Dunstable Rd, MK45 1HP (In the carpark of Flitwick Village Hall). F 8:30AM-2PM. Small open-air market every Friday selling local produce. The market has many stalls from a fish monger to baker, haberdashery, fruit and vegetables.

Eat[edit]

Drink[edit]

The Blackbirds (geograph 345251)

Pubs in Steppingley - approx 1 mi (1.6 km) west of Flitwick :

Sleep[edit]

Flitwick Manor (geograph 4545900)

Cope[edit]

  • 1 Toilet in Tescos, Coniston Road, MK45 1LX (Immediately to the left once inside).

Go next[edit]

  • Go north to Ampthill 2 mi (3.2 km) on A5120 with Houghton House.
  • Go south to Dunstable by the A5120 and visit Whipsnade Zoo.
  • Go west to Woburn 8 mi (13 km) with its safari park.
Routes through Flitwick
ENDBedford  North  South  → Harlington → Brighton



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