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Barton-le-Clay

Barton-le-Clay is a large village and a civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, bordering Hertfordshire.

Barton-le-Clay
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The place

Barton-le-Clay is a large village and a civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, bordering Hertfordshire. In 2021 the parish had a population of 4,937. The village has existed since at least 1066 and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Barton-le-Clay

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Barton Hills, Bedfordshire

    Barton Hills are situated southeast of the village of Barton-le-Clay in the English county of Bedfordshire. They are part of the Chilterns and hiking routes are marked on maps at the entrance to the hills.

    1.6 km · nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest near Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Margaret, Streatley, Bedfordshire

    Church of St Margaret is a Grade I listed church in Streatley, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 3 February 1967.

    2.7 km · church in Streatley, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Faith (Church of England)

    Saint Faith's Church, Hexton is the Anglican parish church for the village of Hexton, Hertfordshire. The church is within the parish of Barton-le-Clay in the Diocese of St Albans.

    2.1 km · church in Hexton, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills

    Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills is an 86.1-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in Sharpenhoe in Bedfordshire. Most of it is a National Trust property comprising Sundon Hills, Moleskin and Markham Hills, Sharpenhoe Clappers and Smithcombe Hills.

    1.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St Nicholas, Barton le Clay

    Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed church in Barton le Clay, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 3 February 1967.

    600 m · church in Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Barton-le-Clay

Airports
London Luton (LTN), 11 km · London Stansted (STN), 46 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 55 km
  • London → Barton-le-Clay
    55 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £6–8
  • London, Essex → Barton-le-Clay
    55 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £6–8
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Barton-le-Clay
    116 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Barton-le-Clay

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barton-le-Clay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt's a major hub for the budget airlines easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air, and for charter flights by Tui.

From Wikivoyage: Luton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    155 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    306 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    393 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    507 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    542 km

If you know how people move in Barton-le-Clay – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Barton-le-Clay

Barton-le-Clay is 47 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Streatleyvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK2.4 km
  • Pulloxhillvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK3.7 km
  • Hextonvillage and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England2.2 km
  • Higham Gobionvillage in Bedfordshire, England, UK2.7 km
  • Lower Sundonvillage in Bedfordshire, England, UK3.6 km
  • Pegsdonvillage in Bedfordshire, England, UK3.4 km