Bedfordshire Hotels

Best Western have 2 hotels in Bedfordshire

A stay in a Bedfordshire hotel brings gentle woodland strolls, picnicking by the River Ouse and birdwatching in water meadows just beyond London’s Home Counties towards the east Midlands.

Town and city breaks in Bedfordshire

Known for its fiery 17th-century preacher John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim’s Progress, the modern town of Bedford records his life at the Bunyan Museum. Potter around the Period Gardens at Luton’s Stockwood Park which chronicles England’s evolving gardening techniques. The trails at Aspley Guise, where Bletchley Park code breakers lived during the Second World War, are popular with horse riders, walkers and wannabe spies.

Holidays in the Bedfordshire countryside

The 60 acres of Marston Vale Community Forest overflow with trails for hikers and cyclists or you could take the John Bunyan trail through the ash and beech trees of the Sundon Hills. Kite-fliers and gliders congregate overlooking Aylesbury Vale in the Dunstable Downs while canoeists slice the waters at the Stewartby Lake Country Park.

Attractions in Bedfordshire

Book ahead for afternoon tea at the Duchess’ Tea Room at Woburn Abbey, where Duchess Anna Maria invented the ritual in around 1840 to bridge the gap between lunch and dinner. If you’re into zoo big hitters, London Zoo’s rural outpost Whipsnade houses the biggest of the beasts. If you’re staying at a Bedfordshire hotel, make tracks to the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway where the area’s history comes alive on the ride.

Hotels in Bedfordshire

BEST WESTERN Moore Place Hotel

Milton Keynes

BEST WESTERN Menzies Strathmore Hotel

Luton

Knebworth House

Opening times:
House, railway & Indian raj display daily 12pm-5pm; park & gardens daily 11am-5pm Mar - Sep 2012 (annual)

Hatfield House

Opening times:
House: Wed-Sun & bank holidays 12pm-5pm
Park, West Garden, Restaurant & Shop 11am-5.30pm Apr - Sep 2012; not Mon or Tue (annual)