Dean and Shelton is a small, mainly rural civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, made up of a couple of compact village settlements surrounded by arable fields, hedgerows and quiet lanes. Its landscape and settlement pattern reflect long-standing agricultural use, with a handful of historic houses and parish church buildings hinting at medieval origins and a continuity of local life.
Today the community combines farming activity with a number of residents who commute into Bedford and neighbouring towns, while social life centres on village amenities such as the hall, occasional local events and the parish council; it retains a character of small‑scale village community and rural tranquillity close to the services of the county town.
Postcode districts covering Dean and Shelton
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 22.1 miles35.6 km
- Northampton 18.2 miles29.2 km
- Peterborough 20.7 miles33.3 km
- Bedford 11.6 miles18.6 km
- Kettering 12 miles19.4 km
- Kettering Town 12 miles19.4 km
- Corby 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Wellingborough 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Bletchley 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 24.2 miles39 km
- Rushden 5.6 miles8.9 km
- Huntingdon 12.3 miles19.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Upper Dean Built-up area 0.5 miles0.7 km
- Hargrave Built-up area 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Covington Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Melchbourne and Yielden Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Swineshead Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Tilbrook Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Pertenhall Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Chelveston-cum-Caldecott Parish 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Newton Bromswold Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Kimbolton Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Riseley Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Bythorn and Keyston Parish 3.7 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Dean and Shelton
PE28 0LY, PE28 0NS, PE28 0LU, PE28 0LN, PE28 0LH, PE28 0NT, PE28 0LX, PE28 0LZ, PE28 0NL … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 30 miles48.3 km
- Stansted Airport 41.6 miles67 km
- Wellingborough Railway Station 8.8 miles14.2 km
- St. Neots Railway Station 10.6 miles17.1 km
Hotels near Dean and Shelton Ad
- The Stanwick Hotel 3 4.7 miles7.5 km
- The Eaton Oak 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Cornfields Hotel & Restaurant 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Columbia Hotel & Restaurant 2 9.9 miles16 km
Schools in Dean and Shelton
- Eileen Wade Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Nene Park Stadium 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 7.4 miles12 km
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Walcot Hall Estate 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 11.3 miles18.2 km
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Moot Hall Museum 13.1 miles21 km
- Rockingham Road Stadium 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Pipewell Abbey Historic site 16.7 miles26.8 km
- Spanhoe Wood Forest 18 miles29 km
- Hayley Wood Forest 18.3 miles29.4 km