Browsing local attractions within 8 miles of Dunton Community Garden Group

Old Warden, Bedfordshire, SG18 9EA, Tel: 01767 626200, (6 miles, 9kms)

Home of the Shuttleworth College, Shuttleworth Collection and Swiss Garden. Annual events.

Town Hall, Hitchin Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6AX, Tel: 01462 892640, (6 miles, 10kms)

The museum has a permanent display on the history of Baldock & a series of changing displays focussing on particular aspects of the town's history.

Swan Street, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, SG7 5NY, Tel: 01462 742956, Email, (3 miles, 6kms)

A collection of village bygones and agricultural implements set in a small but interesting timber building.

Council Offices, 10 Cambridge Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 1JF, Tel: 01767 681491, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

A permanent 'mini' museum telling the story of Roman Sandy.

Shefford, Bedfordshire, Tel: 01525 860497, Email, (8 miles, 12kms)

Chicksands Priory is a 12thC priory of the Gilbertine order. Only 1 cloister remains but it became the ancestral seat of the Osborn family after dissolution.

Mill Lane, Stotfold, Bedfordshire, SG5 4NU, Tel: 01462 734541, Email, (5 miles, 8kms)

Restored Grade II listed working watermill, in idyllic setting on the Rivel Ivel, producing quality stone-ground flour, with adjoining nature reserve.

Cadwell Farm, Ickleford, hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3UA, Tel: 01462 434320, Email, (8 miles, 13kms)

Visit the lavender fields in Hitchin. Walk the rows and pick a bunch of lavender or relax in the fields and magnificent barn.

High Street, Abbotsley, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6UJ, Tel: 020 7213 0660, Email, (8 miles, 12kms)

Although evidence suggests that there was a church on the this site in the mid 12th century it is more likely that the church we see here today is from circa 1300 -10 with its chancel and south arcade of this period.

Gamlingay, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, SG19 3, Tel: 01954 713500, Email, (6 miles, 9kms)

Gamlingay is an ancient ash and maple wood. The wood grows on a mixture of soils and contains an unusual variety of woodland types.

Park Road, Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, MK44 3RW, Tel: 01767 641007, Email, (7 miles, 11kms)

Excellent, complete example of Sir John Soane's architecture - Georgian country house in 33 acres of parkland/woodland.

Southill Park, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 9LJ, Tel: 01462 816226, (6 miles, 10kms)

Bedfordshire's only vineyard. The site dates back to 1135, when a Cistercian abbey stood here - and the monks planted a vineyard. A part of this area was replanted with vines in 1986, with the first vintage coming in 1990.