Shortstown is a small village and civil parish on the eastern edge of Bedford in Bedfordshire, originally created in the 1910s to house workers at the Short Brothers' airship works. The huge twin Cardington hangars in nearby Cardington still dominate the flat local landscape and are a vivid reminder of the area’s role in early aviation and later military, training and film work.
Today Shortstown mixes original period housing with large modern developments completed in the 2000s, centred on a village green, primary school and local shops. It has a strong community feel and a largely commuter economy, with many residents travelling into Bedford, Milton Keynes or London, while remaining close to open Bedfordshire countryside.
Postcode districts covering Shortstown
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 14.6 miles23.5 km
- Northampton 20.9 miles33.6 km
- Luton 15 miles24.1 km
- Cambridge 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Bedford 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Stevenage 17.6 miles28.4 km
- Hemel Hempstead 24.9 miles40 km
- Kettering 23.1 miles37.2 km
- Kettering Town 23 miles37 km
- Welwyn Garden City 23.4 miles37.6 km
- Dunstable 16.1 miles26 km
- Wellingborough 17.7 miles28.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Cardington Built-up area 1 mile1.6 km
- Kingsbrook Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Cotton End Built-up area 1.3 miles2 km
- Elstow Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Cauldwell Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Cople Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Riverfield Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Castle & Newnham Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Wilshamstead Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Bedford Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Wixams & Wilstead Ward 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Wilstead Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
Example postcodes in Shortstown
MK42 0TN, MK42 0LL, MK42 0LB, MK42 0FN, MK42 0TS, MK42 0GW, MK42 0FE, MK42 0TF, MK42 0UZ … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Stansted Airport 32.3 miles52 km
- Bedford St Johns Railway Station 2 miles3.3 km
- Bedford Railway Station 2.7 miles4.4 km
Hotels near Shortstown Ad
- The Kingfisher Pub and Hotel 4 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Holiday Inn Express Bedford 3 2.1 miles3.3 km
- D'parys 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Verve Hotel 4 3 miles4.8 km
- Bedford Swan Hotel and Thermal Spa 4 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Woodland Manor Hotel 3 4.2 miles6.7 km
- The White Hart 4 6.2 miles9.9 km
- The Crown Pub, Dining & Rooms 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel 4 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Cranfield Management Development Centre 8.6 miles13.8 km
Schools in Shortstown
- Shortstown Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Moot Hall Museum 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Redbourne College College 7 miles11.2 km
- Wrest House Estate 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Silsoe College - Cranfield University College 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Flitwick Moor Nature reserve 7.8 miles12.6 km
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 11.2 miles18 km
- Woburn Abbey Estate 11.3 miles18.2 km
- Toddington library Library 12 miles19.4 km
- British School Museum Museum 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Putteridge Bury Estate 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Theatre MK Theatre 14.3 miles23.1 km
- Milton Keynes Xscape Shopping centre 14.4 miles23.2 km