Milton Bryan
Milton Bryan is a village and civil parish located in Central Bedfordshire.
Milton Bryan is a village and civil parish located in Central Bedfordshire. It lies just off the A4012 road, near to its junction with the A5 at Hockliffe. The parish includes the ancient hamlets of Potsgrove & Battlesden. The village is best known for being the birthplace of Joseph Paxton, the designer of the Crystal Palace, who was born in Milton Bryan as the seventh son of a farming family along with its role in the Second World War.
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Worth seeing in and around Milton Bryan
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.
- 01Woburn Abbey
Woburn Abbey, occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford. Although it is still a family home to the current duke, it is open on specified days to visitors, along with the diverse estate surrounding it, including the historic landscape gardens and deer park, as well as more recently added attractions including Woburn Safari Park, a miniature railway and a garden/visitor centre.
2.2 km · occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Peter & All Saints, Battlesden
The Church of St Peter & All Saints is a Grade I listed church in Battlesden, Bedfordshire, England. The small church was built in the 13th century with a simple layout of nave, chancel and south porch.
1.8 km · church in Battlesden, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of Saint Mary
St Mary's Church, Woburn, is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Woburn, Bedfordshire.
3.5 km · church in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Peter, Milton Bryan
Church of St Peter is a Grade I listed church in Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 23 January 1961.
300 m · church in Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Town Hall
Woburn Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Woburn, Bedfordshire, England. The town hall, which has largely been converted for retail use, is a Grade II listed building.
3.5 km · town hall in Woburn, Central Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Church, Potsgrove
St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Potsgrove, Bedfordshire. England.
2.1 km · church in Potsgrove, Bedfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Milton Bryan
- Airports
- London Luton (LTN), 18 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 56 km · London Stansted (STN), 57 km
- London → Milton Bryan58 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £6–8
- London, Essex → Milton Bryan58 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Milton Bryan107 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £12–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Milton Bryan
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 Milton Bryan. 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 Milton Bryan
Milton Bryan is 50 km from Brent, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Woburnvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England3.5 km
- Hockliffevillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Eversholtvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, UK3.3 km
- Potsgrovevillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK2.5 km
- Battlesdenvillage and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK1.9 km
- Froxfieldvillage in Eversholt, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom2.9 km