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Flitwick

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Flitwick is a town in Bedfordshire. It is located about ten miles south of Bedford and 10 miles north of Luton.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By car

Flitwick is 5 miles from junction 12 of the M1.

[edit] By train

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, Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

[edit] By plane

The nearest airport is Luton about 12 miles south.

[edit] By bus

The main bus services are as follows:

42 (Grant Palmer) provides an hourly daytime service Mondays to Saturdays providing a connection to: Weston, Harlington, Toddington, Ampthill, Houghton Conquest, Kempston and Bedford. No Sunday service

J2 (Stagecoach) provides an hourly daytime service Mondays to Saturdays to Ampthill, Houghton Conquest, Kempston and Bedford.

[edit][add listing] See

  • Flitwick Manor
  • Flitwick Moor
  • Flitwick Castle

[edit][add listing] Do

  • Leisure Centre

[edit][add listing] Buy

  • Tesco

There is an open-air market every Friday selling local produce, which is set up on the car park of the village hall. The market has many stalls from a fish monger to a baker, haberdashery and fruit and veg.

[edit][add listing] Eat

There are a number of restaurants in the town.

[edit][add listing] Drink

There are five pubs: The swan, The Bumble Bee, The Blackbirds, The Crown, and The Wheatsheaf.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

Flitwick Manor is luxury hotel.

[edit] Sport

Fliwick United and Dinamo Flitwick play in the Bedfordshire football league.

[edit] Get out

Local attractions incude:

  • Houghton House
  • Wrest Park
  • Whipsnade Zoo
  • Woburn safari park

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