Flitwick

Flitwick Mill

The Gables, Flitwick

Flitwick is a town in Bedfordshire. It is located about ten miles south of Bedford and ten miles north of Luton.

Get in

By car

Flitwick is 5 mi (8.0 km) from junction 12 of the M1.

By train

1 Flitwick. A station on the Thameslink line. Trains from Flitwick station go north to Bedford and south to Luton, Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London St. Pancras International, Gatwick Airport and Brighton. (updated Feb 2023)

By plane

The nearest airport is Luton Airport (LTN ^IATA) 14 mi (23 km) miles south.

By bus

The main bus services are as follows:

• 42 (Grant Palmer). No Sunday service. Provides an hourly daytime service Mondays to Saturdays providing a connection to Westoning, Harlington, Toddington, Ampthill, Houghton Conquest, Kempston and Bedford. (updated Feb 2023)
• J2 (Stagecoach). Provides an hourly daytime service Mondays to Saturdays to Houghton Conquest, Kempston and Bedford. (updated Feb 2023)

See

• 1 Flitwick Manor, Church Rd, MK45 1AE (see Sleep below). with grotto.  
• 2 Flitwick Mill, Greenfield Rd, MK45 5BE. Water mill with overshot vertical waterwheel generating electricity (updated Dec 2020)
• 3 Flitwick Moor. A site of scientific interest with a rich valley mire. It is the largest wetland in Bedfordshire  
• 4 Flitwick Castle (Temple Field or), MK45 1RA (Mount Hill is accessed from Kingfisher Rd and Warwick Close). The castle mount is 7 m (20 ft)  
• 5 Wrest Park, Silsoe, MK45 4HR, ☏ +44 3703 331 181. A country estate with a Grade I listed house. (updated Dec 2020)

Do

• Leisure Centre

Buy

• 1 Flitwick Market, 1hp, 11 Dunstable Rd, MK45 1HP (In the carpark of Flitwick Village Hall). F 8:30AM-2PM. Small open-air market every Friday selling local produce. The market has many stalls from a fish monger to baker, haberdashery, fruit and vegetables. (updated Dec 2020)

Eat

• 1 Flitwick Fisheries, 43 High St, MK45 1DX, ☏ +44 1525 717212. Fish & Chip shop (updated Dec 2020)

Drink

The Blackbirds (geograph 345251)

• 1 The Swan, 1 Dunstable Rd, MK45 1HP (near Flitwick Station), ☏ +44 1525 754777.  
• 2 The Bumble Bee, Coniston Rd, MK45 1QY (Adjacent to Tesco), ☏ +44 1525 717212.  
• 3 The Blackbirds, 25-27 High St, MK45 1DX, ☏ +44 1525 712438. (updated Dec 2020)
• 4 The Crown, Station Road, MK45 1LA, ☏ +44 1525 713737.  

Pubs in Steppingley - approx 1 mi (1.6 km) west of Flitwick :

• 5 Drovers Arms, Flitwick Rd, Steppingley, MK45 5BA. M-Sa 3–10PM, Su 1-9PM. (updated Dec 2020)
• 6 The French Horn, 7 Church End, Steppingley, MK45 5AU, ☏ +44 1525 721225, thefrenchhorn2018@icloud.com. (updated Dec 2020)

Sleep

Flitwick Manor (geograph 4545900)

• 1 Flitwick Manor (Hallmark Hotel), Church Rd, MK45 1AE, ☏ +44 1525 712242. Best Western Hotel (updated Dec 2020)

Cope

• 1 Toilet in Tescos, Coniston Road, MK45 1LX (Immediately to the left once inside). (updated Dec 2020)

Go next

• Go north to Ampthill 2 mi (3.2 km) on A5120 with Houghton House.
• Go south to Dunstable by the A5120 and visit Whipsnade Zoo.
• Go west to Woburn 8 mi (13 km) with its safari park.

Routes through Flitwick

END ← Bedford ←

North  South

→ Harlington → Brighton