Bedfordshire Days Out Guide (2026)

Active & Adventure in Bedfordshire

Box End Park - Watersports & Activities
Holme Mills, Southill Road, Broom, Bedfordshire, SG18 9JX
Active (sporting)

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Go Ape Woburn
Go Ape Woburn, Turnpike Road, Bedford, MK43 0XB
Active (sporting)

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Woburn Lido
Woburn Lido, Crawley Road, Woburn, ​MK17 9QD
Active (sporting)

Animals & Nature in Bedfordshire

Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Estate
Whipsnade Road, Dunstable, LU6 2GY
Animals & Nature

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Herrings Green Activity Farm & Birds of Prey Centre
Herrings Green Farm, Cotton End Road, Wilstead, Bedfordshire, MK45 3DT
Animals & Nature

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Mead Open Farm - Billington
Mead Open Farm is a farm attraction set over 30 acres with hands-on animal encounters and all-weather activities for kids... read more
Animals & Nature

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Priory Country Park
Barkers Lane, Bedford, MK41 9DJ
Animals & Nature

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The Forest Centre & Millennium Country Park
The Forest Centre, Station Road, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, MK43 0PR
Animals & Nature

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The Lodge RSPB Reserve - Sandy
The Lodge RSPB Reserve in Sandy, Bedfordshire. Find the latest opening hours, map and contact details... read more
Animals & Nature

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The Rushmere Country Park
Linslade Road, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 0EB
Animals & Nature

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Woburn Safari Park - Woburn Park
Woburn Safari Park is a wild animal park with a drive-through section and a walk-through part near Milton Keynes... read more
Animals & Nature

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Woodside Farm and Leisure Park - Luton
Woodside Farm and Leisure Park is a farm attraction just 5 minutes off the M1 with animal encounters and children's activities... read more
Animals & Nature

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ZSL Whipsnade Zoo - Dunstable
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is a walk-through animal attraction, the largest in the UK it covers 600-acres in the Chiltern Hills... read more
Animals & Nature

Arts & Crafts in Bedfordshire

The Kiln - Bedford
The Kiln (painting on pottery studio) in Bedford, Bedfordshire. Find the latest opening hours, map and contact details... read more
Arts and crafts activities

Gardens in Bedfordshire

Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
Whipsnade Road, Dunstable, LU6 2GY
Gardens

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Wrest Park - Luton
Wrest Park in Silsoe, Luton, Bedfordshire. Find the latest opening hours, map and contact details... read more
Gardens

Historical & Heritage in Bedfordshire

Ascott House and Garden - Wing, Leighton Buzzard
Ascott House and Garden is a 17th Century Tudor country home, formal gardens and parkland South West of Leighton Buzzard... read more
Historical tourist attractions

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Bromham Mill - Bromham, Bedford
Bromham Mill is an historic mill with an art gallery in Bridge End near Bedford. In the location of earlier mills it is believed this mill was built around the late 1700s or early 1800s... read more
Historical tourist attractions • Free entry

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Bushmead Priory - Staploe
Bushmead Priory is an Augustinian priory located in Staploe, Bedfordshire.... read more
Historical

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De Grey Mausoleum (Flitton) - Flitton, Nr Ampthill
De Grey Mausoleum (Flitton) is located in Flitton, Bedfordshire and dates back to 1614. The mausoleum houses.... read more
Historical • Free entry

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Houghton House
Houghton House, Hazelwood Lane, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2EY
Historical

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Jordans Mill
Holme Mills, Southill Road, Broom, Bedfordshire, SG18 9JX
Historical

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Moot Hall - Elstow, Bedford
Moot Hall is a 15th century timber-framed house which contains collections of 17th century furniture and artefacts to demonstrate how people lived their lives during the 1600s... read more
Historical tourist attractions

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Willington Dovecote and Stables - Willington, near Bedford
Willington Dovecote and Stables comprise of a 16th-century stone dovecote and stable buildings which sit alongside Willington church... read more
Historical tourist attractions

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Woburn Abbey - Woburn Park
Woburn Abbey, home to the Duke of Bedford, consists of the Abbey itself, the gardens and a 3000 acre Deer park... read more
Historical tourist attractions

Family & Kids Activities in Bedfordshire

Jungle Jim’s Playland - Sandy
Jungle Jim’s Playland is an indoor soft play centre for children up to 4 ft 10 in tall in Sandy in Bedfordshire... read more
Kids days out • Indoor

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Snakes and Ladders Dunstable - Houghton Regis, Dunstable
Snakes and Ladders Dunstable is an indoor play centre for children up to 4 ft 8 in tall in Dunstable... read more
Kids days out • Indoor

Museums & Galleries in Bedfordshire

John Bunyan Museum and Library - Bedford
John Bunyan Museum and Library is a museum about the author and preacher John Bonyan in Bedford... read more
Museums & Galleries • Free entry • Indoor

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Stockwood Discovery Centre - Luton
Stockwood Discovery Centre is a museum and gardens located in the stables and gardens that once belonged to Stockwood house which no longer exists... read more
Museums & Galleries • Free entry

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The Higgins Bedford - Bedford
The Higgins Bedford is a local and natural history museum and art gallery based in a historic brewery and a Victorian family home... read more
Museums & Galleries • Free entry

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The Panacea Museum - Bedford
The Panacea Museum is a museum about the Panacea society in Bedford town centre in Bedfordshire... read more
Museums & Galleries • Free entry

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The Shuttleworth Collection - Nr. Biggleswade
The Shuttleworth Collection is a museum mainly about the history of aviation in the early 19th century and is housed at the Shuttleworth aerodrome... read more
Museums & Galleries

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Wardown Park Museum - Luton
Wardown Park Museum is housed in a large Victorian house, about a mile and half from Luton city centre and set in a landscaped park... read more
Museums & Galleries • Free entry

Other Places to Visit in Bedfordshire

Hoo Hill Maze
Hoo Hill Maze, Shefford, Bedfordshire, SG17 5JD
Other

Transport & Railways in Bedfordshire

Leighton Buzzard Railway - Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard Railway is one of England's leading narrow-gauge heritage steam railways... read more
Transport days out

Bedfordshire Gift Experiences

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