Flitwick
Flitwick is a town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, England.

Flitwick is a town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, England.
It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "a hamlet on the River Flitt". The spelling Flytwyk appears in 1381.
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Worth seeing in and around Flitwick
10 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.
900 m · 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.
2.8 km · Grade I listed building in Flitton, Central Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Houghton House
Houghton House is a ruined mansion house in the parish of Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building, positioned above the surrounding countryside, and commands excellent views.
4.5 km · Grade I listed English country house in Central Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Nicholas, Tingrith
The Church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed church in Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 23 January 1961.
3.6 km · church in Tingrith, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Harlington, Bedfordshire
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 23 January 1961.
4.5 km · church in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church 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.
900 m · church in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Ruxox 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.
1.8 km · moated site in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Maulden 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.
5.1 km · English Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 09Old Church of All Saints
All Saints Church, Segenhoe is a ruined medieval church located near the village of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire. It contains architectural details that range from the 11th century when it was first built to the 19th century.
5.2 km · ruined church in Segenhoe, Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Harlington Manor
Harlington Manor is a Grade II* listed manor house in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England. The house abuts, and has views over, Bury Orchard, the village common, which itself abuts the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
4.6 km · manor house in Harlington, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Flitwick Manor
Church Rd, MK45 1AE (see Sleep below).
- 02Flitwick Mill
- 03Flitwick Moor
A site of scientific interest with a rich valley mire.
- 04Flitwick Castle
- 05Wrest Park
A country estate with a Grade I listed house.
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Things to do
Leisure Centre
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Where to eat
- 01Flitwick Fisheries
43 High St, MK45 1DX,.
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Getting to Flitwick
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 17 km · London Stansted (STN), 52 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 59 km
- Stations
- Flitwick railway station, 100 m · Harlington railway station, 4.7 km · Ampthill railway station, 2.4 km
- London → Flitwick61 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £6–8
- London, Essex → Flitwick61 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Flitwick109 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Flitwick
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 Flitwick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt's a major hub for the budget airlines easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air, and for charter flights by Tui.
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Next door to Flitwick
Flitwick is 52 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ampthilltown in Central Bedfordshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Harlingtonvillage in Bedfordshire, England, UK4.5 km
- Silsoevillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK5 km
- Westoningvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK2.4 km
- Mauldenvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK3.4 km
- Clophillvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England5.6 km