Thurleigh is a small village and civil parish a few miles north of Bedford in Bedfordshire, set in an agricultural landscape of fields and hedgerows. It has a compact, village-centred community with a parish church and village hall and many residents combine local farming or small businesses with commuting to nearby towns.
The village is best known for the nearby wartime airfield, RAF Thurleigh, which saw heavy use by Allied bomber units in the Second World War; traces of runways and wartime buildings survive and parts of the site have been repurposed for light aviation, business units and research activities. That juxtaposition of historic military remains, working farmland and a small local economy gives Thurleigh a distinct rural-but-industrial character within Bedfordshire.
Postcode districts covering Thurleigh
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 17.3 miles
- Northampton 17.6 miles
- Luton 22.1 miles
- Bedford 5.3 miles
- Stevenage 24.5 miles
- Kettering 16.4 miles
- Kettering Town 16.3 miles
- Corby 21.1 miles
- Dunstable 22.9 miles
- Wellingborough 11.8 miles
- Bletchley 19.4 miles
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 18.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Backnoe End Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Bletsoe Parish 1.5 miles
- Milton Ernest Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Bolnhurst and Keysoe Parish 2.2 miles
- Riseley Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Keysoe Row Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Ravensden Parish 2.9 miles
- Clapham & Oakley Ward 3.3 miles
- Wilden Parish 3.4 miles
- Colmworth Parish 3.5 miles
- Sharnbrook Built-up area 3.6 miles
- Clapham Built-up area 3.6 miles
Example postcodes in Thurleigh
MK44 2DY, MK44 2FD, MK44 2FY, MK44 2DU, MK44 2DD, MK44 2DS, MK44 2DB, MK44 2EA, MK44 2DE … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 23.8 miles
- Stansted Airport 37.5 miles
- Bedford Railway Station 5.4 miles
- Bedford St Johns Railway Station 5.9 miles
Hotels near Thurleigh Ad
- Woodland Manor Hotel 3 3.9 miles
- Verve Hotel 4 5.1 miles
- The Willows Training Centre 7.4 miles
- d'Parys 4.9 miles
- Embankment Hotel 4 5.5 miles
- Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel 4 5.6 miles
- Albero Bedrooms 5.5 miles
- Bedford Swan Hotel 4 5.5 miles
- Drift Inn at Wyboston Lakes 4 7.4 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Bedford 3 7.5 miles
Schools in Thurleigh
- Thurleigh Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 5.9 miles
- Moot Hall Museum 6.8 miles
- Nene Park Stadium 9.7 miles
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 12.8 miles
- Redbourne College College 13.5 miles
- Wrest House Estate 14.4 miles
- Silsoe College - Cranfield University College 14.6 miles
- Flitwick Moor Nature reserve 14.7 miles
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 15.7 miles
- Hayley Wood Forest 15.8 miles
- Walcot Hall Estate 16.5 miles
- Linford Wood Forest 16.8 miles