Flitton
Flitton is a village in the civil parish of Flitton and Greenfield, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.
Flitton is a village in the civil parish of Flitton and Greenfield, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The village derives its name from the River Flit which flows close by it. It is notable primarily as the home of the De Grey Mausoleum adjacent to the St John the Baptist Church. Richard Milward, the editor of Selden's Table Talk, was born at Flitton in 1609. There are two pubs, The White Hart by the church hall and Jolly Coopers at Wardhedges. The annual ‘Gala’ and ‘Potato Race’ are two of the main events that happen in the village.
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Worth seeing in and around Flitton
6 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.
- 01Flitwick Castle
Flitwick Castle was an 11th-century castle located in the town of Flitwick, in the county of Bedfordshire, England. It now exists only as ruins, reduced to little but an earth mound.
3.5 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Flitwick, Central Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02De Grey Mausoleum
The de Grey Mausoleum in Flitton, Bedfordshire, England, is one of the largest sepulchral chapels in the country. The mausoleum contains over twenty monuments to the de Grey family who lived in nearby Wrest Park.
100 m · Grade I listed building in Flitton, Central Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Peter & St Paul, Flitwick
The Church of St Peter & St Paul is the Church of England parish church in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England. It became a Grade I listed building on 23 January 1961.
3.4 km · church in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Flitwick Manor
Flitwick Manor is a Georgian country house in the south of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England. It is located on Church Road off the A5120.
3.4 km · country house hotel in Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Ruxox Cell
Ruxox Cell was a moated chapel, or monastic cell, established in the twelfth century in the parish of Flitwick in Bedfordshire, England. Situated on the east side of the village of Ruxox, it was granted to the Augustinian priory of Dunstable by Philip de Sanvill, Lord of Flitwick, c.
1.2 km · moated site in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Maulden Heath
Maulden Heath is a 7.6-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in Maulden in Bedfordshire. It was notified in 1986 under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and the local planning authority is Central Bedfordshire Council.
2.9 km · English Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Flitton
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 16 km · London Stansted (STN), 49 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 60 km
- Stations
- Flitwick railway station, 2.7 km · Ampthill railway station, 3.9 km
- London → Flitton60 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £6–9
- London, Essex → Flitton60 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £6–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Flitton111 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Flitton
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 Flitton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Flitton
Flitton is 52 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Mauldenvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK2.3 km
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