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Flitwick

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

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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Flitwick 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
  2. 02
    De 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
  3. 03
    Houghton 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
  4. 04
    Church 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
  5. 05
    Church 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
  6. 06
    Church 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
  7. 07
    Ruxox 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
  8. 08
    Maulden 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
  9. 09
    Old 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
  10. 10
    Harlington 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

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.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Flitwick Manor

    Church Rd, MK45 1AE (see Sleep below).

  2. 02
    Flitwick Mill
  3. 03
    Flitwick Moor

    A site of scientific interest with a rich valley mire.

  4. 04
    Flitwick Castle
  5. 05
    Wrest Park

    A country estate with a Grade I listed house.

From Wikivoyage: Flitwick, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Leisure Centre

From Wikivoyage: Flitwick, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Flitwick Fisheries

    43 High St, MK45 1DX,.

From Wikivoyage: Flitwick, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

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 → Flitwick
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £6–8
  • London, Essex → Flitwick
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £6–8
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Flitwick
    109 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £11–15
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

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.

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

    157 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    303 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    395 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    501 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    536 km

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

Around it

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