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 miles
- Northampton 18.2 miles
- Peterborough 20.7 miles
- Bedford 11.6 miles
- Kettering 12 miles
- Kettering Town 12 miles
- Corby 15.7 miles
- Wellingborough 9.9 miles
- Bletchley 24.6 miles
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 24.2 miles
- Rushden 5.6 miles
- Huntingdon 12.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Upper Dean Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Hargrave Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Covington Parish 1.7 miles
- Melchbourne and Yielden Parish 1.8 miles
- Swineshead Parish 1.9 miles
- Tilbrook Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Pertenhall Parish 3.1 miles
- Chelveston-cum-Caldecott Parish 3.3 miles
- Newton Bromswold Parish 3.4 miles
- Kimbolton Built-up area 3.4 miles
- Riseley Built-up area 3.6 miles
- Bythorn and Keyston Parish 3.7 miles
Example postcodes in Dean and Shelton
PE28 0NW, PE28 0LJ, PE28 0EE, PE28 0LZ, PE28 0NL, PE28 0NQ, PE28 0LH, PE28 0LX, PE28 0LL … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 30 miles
- Stansted Airport 41.6 miles
- Wellingborough Railway Station 8.8 miles
- St. Neots Railway Station 10.6 miles
Hotels near Dean and Shelton Ad
- The Stanwick Hotel 3 4.7 miles
- The George Hotel 4 9.1 miles
- The Eaton Oak 9.2 miles
- Columbia Hotel & Restaurant 2 9.9 miles
Schools in Dean and Shelton
- Eileen Wade Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Nene Park Stadium 5.8 miles
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 7.4 miles
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 10.1 miles
- Walcot Hall Estate 10.4 miles
- Lyveden New Bield Historic site 11.1 miles
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 11.3 miles
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 12.8 miles
- Moot Hall Museum 13.1 miles
- Rockingham Road Stadium 13.2 miles
- Pipewell Abbey Historic site 16.7 miles
- Spanhoe Wood Forest 18 miles
- Hayley Wood Forest 18.3 miles