other amenities include free off-street parking and meeting/event facilities. modern, unassuming rooms come with en suite bathrooms, tvs, and tea and coffeemaking facilities. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. off the a600/a507 roundabout, this quaint hotel and restaurant is 6 miles from the shuttleworth collection museum and 14 miles from stevenage. some have 4-poster beds. full english breakfast is available (fee), and there's a relaxed restaurant serving modern british food, as well as a traditional bar offering real ales Heathrow Airport 1 hr 5
Woburn Safari Park (22 min) Road safari through animal enclosures, foot safari with keeper talks/demos and a high ropes course. Barton Hills National Nature Reserve (16 min) Rolling countryside & scenic place to walk featuring grazing ponies & sweeping views from the top. Herrings Green Activity Farm & Bird of Prey Centre (10 min) Child-friendly farm attraction with owl, eagle & hawk displays, goats & rabbits, plus a play area. Stockwood Discovery Centre (31 min) Museum with eclectic local history displays, horse-drawn carriage collection and sculpture garden. Wrest Park (13 min) Historically important landscape with a French-style mansion, sculpture gallery and walking paths. Knebworth House (25 min) This lavish Tudor stately home and gardens hosts massive rock concerts and is open in summertime. The Higgins Bedford (24 min) Complex including old brewery buildings, with art, social and natural history and archaeology. Priory Country Park (24 min) Wildlife walks and birdwatching from lakeside hides in 300 acres of lakes, grassland and woods. Wardown House, Museum and Gallery (23 min) Victorian house in landscaped park with local history collections, plus revolving exhibitions. RSPB The Lodge (20 min) Reserve for woodland bird spotting, plus 5 miles of trails through gardens, heath and grassland. Woburn Abbey (25 min) Historical home to the Duke of Bedford with gardens, a deer park & extensive collection paintings. Bedford Park (26 min) Landscaped recreation destination with a cafe, pond, play areas & fields for cricket & football. Shuttleworth Collection (12 min) Edwardian cars and aircraft that are regularly used in displays at a family-friendly site. Shuttleworth Swiss Garden (12 min) Standalone Farm (10 min) |