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 miles27.8 km
- Northampton 17.6 miles28.4 km
- Luton 22.1 miles35.6 km
- Bedford 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Stevenage 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Kettering 16.4 miles26.4 km
- Kettering Town 16.3 miles26.3 km
- Corby 21.1 miles34 km
- Dunstable 22.9 miles36.9 km
- Wellingborough 11.8 miles19 km
- Bletchley 19.4 miles31.2 km
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 18.9 miles30.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Backnoe End Built-up area 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Bletsoe Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Milton Ernest Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Bolnhurst and Keysoe Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Riseley Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Keysoe Row Built-up area 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Ravensden Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Clapham & Oakley Ward 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Wilden Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Colmworth Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Sharnbrook Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Clapham Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
Example postcodes in Thurleigh
MK44 2DY, MK44 2FX, MK44 2DG, MK44 2EE, MK44 2DQ, MK44 2DL, MK44 2DT, MK44 2EH, MK44 2DR … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 23.8 miles38.4 km
- Stansted Airport 37.5 miles60.3 km
- Bedford Railway Station 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Bedford St Johns Railway Station 5.9 miles9.5 km
Hotels near Thurleigh Ad
- Woodland Manor Hotel 3 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Cornfields Hotel & Restaurant 3.3 miles5.3 km
- D'parys 4.9 miles8 km
- Verve Hotel 4 5.1 miles8.2 km
- The Eaton Oak 7.9 miles12.6 km
- The Willows Training Centre 7.3 miles11.7 km
- The Kingfisher Pub and Hotel 4 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Holiday Inn Express Bedford 3 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Bedford Swan Hotel and Thermal Spa 4 5.5 miles8.9 km
- The Stanwick Hotel 3 9.2 miles14.9 km
Schools in Thurleigh
- Thurleigh Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Moot Hall Museum 6.8 miles11 km
- Nene Park Stadium 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Redbourne College College 13.5 miles21.8 km
- Wrest House Estate 14.4 miles23.3 km
- Silsoe College - Cranfield University College 14.6 miles23.4 km
- Flitwick Moor Nature reserve 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Hayley Wood Forest 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Walcot Hall Estate 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Linford Wood Forest 16.8 miles27.1 km