Heathrow Airport 1 hr 1
Woburn Safari Park (14 min) Road safari through animal enclosures, foot safari with keeper talks/demos and a high ropes course. Snozone (15 min) Indoor snow slope complex offering ski and snowboard lessons, group parties and kids' programmes. The Higgins Bedford (22 min) Complex including old brewery buildings, with art, social and natural history and archaeology. Bletchley Park (22 min) Large Victorian mansion with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications. Castle Ashby Gardens (26 min) Landscaped lawns, an 1872 orangery & a butterfly garden, plus a menagerie with meerkats & marmosets. Rushmere Country Park (24 min) Hiking, biking, picnics and a cafe in a large area of ancient woodland, lakes, meadows and heath. Bedford Park (20 min) Landscaped recreation destination with a cafe, pond, play areas & fields for cricket & football. Woburn Abbey (21 min) Historical home to the Duke of Bedford with gardens, a deer park & extensive collection paintings. Gullivers Dinosaur and Farm Park (13 min) Amusement park with 32 animatronic dinosaurs, plus dinosaur rides, a petting zoo & kids’ play areas. Gulliver's Land Theme Park Resort (13 min) Old-fashioned amusement park for families & kids age 2–13 offering many rides, shows & play areas. The Parks Trust (13 min) Nature reserve and lake Willen Lake (11 min) Waterfront park offering sports facilities, play equipment, a cafe & a miniature railway. Wrest Park (27 min) Historically important landscape with a French-style mansion, sculpture gallery and walking paths. Milton Keynes Museum (18 min) Victorian farm with horses, gardens and heritage days, telling story of new city and area's growth. The National Museum of Computing (25 min) A large collection of historic computers, including the rebuilt Colossus (guided tours available). |