Wixams is a planned new town on the south‑west edge of Bedford in Bedfordshire, developed from the early 2000s on former farmland. The layout is contemporary, centred around lakes, green corridors and community open space, and has been built out with a mix of housing, new primary schools and local facilities to serve a growing population.
Its position gives good road links to the A6 and A421 and makes commuting to Bedford, Milton Keynes and London feasible; a proposed railway station and other infrastructure improvements have been discussed as the settlement expands. Socially it has attracted many young families and commuters, and the emerging village centre and active community groups are shaping a distinctly modern suburban identity.
Postcode districts covering Wixams
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 12.3 miles
- Northampton 19.9 miles
- Luton 13.5 miles
- Bedford 3.4 miles
- Stevenage 17.6 miles
- Hemel Hempstead 23.3 miles
- St. Albans 24.1 miles
- Aylesbury 23.6 miles
- Kettering 23.6 miles
- Kettering Town 23.5 miles
- Welwyn Garden City 22.9 miles
- Dunstable 14.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Wixams & Wilstead Ward 0.2 miles
- Kempston Hardwick Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Elstow Parish 1.3 miles
- Wilstead Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Kempston South Ward 1.6 miles
- Wilshamstead Parish 1.7 miles
- Houghton Conquest Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Kempston Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Stewartby Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Houghton Conquest & Haynes Ward 2.1 miles
- Kempston West Ward 2.2 miles
- Kempston Central & East Ward 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Wixams
MK42 6AF, MK42 6GB, MK42 6ER, MK42 6BD, MK42 6BF, MK45 3FU, MK45 3NG, MK42 6FW, MK42 6DA … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 15.5 miles
- Stansted Airport 33.3 miles
- Kempston Hardwick Railway Station 1.3 miles
- Stewartby Railway Station 2.4 miles
Hotels near Wixams Ad
- Holiday Inn Express Bedford 3 1.2 miles
- The White Hart 4 4.1 miles
- Verve Hotel 4 3.6 miles
- D'parys 3.7 miles
- The Kingfisher Pub and Hotel 4 3.1 miles
- Woodland Manor Hotel 3 4.9 miles
- Bedford Swan Hotel and Thermal Spa 4 3.2 miles
- Cranfield Management Development Centre 6.4 miles
- Mitchell Hall 6.5 miles
- The Crown Pub, Dining & Rooms 9 miles
Schools in Wixams
- Lakeview School Primary
Local points of interest
- Moot Hall Museum 1.9 miles
- Redbourne College College 4.9 miles
- Flitwick Moor Nature reserve 6 miles
- Silsoe College - Cranfield University College 6.1 miles
- Wrest House Estate 6.2 miles
- Woburn Abbey Estate 9 miles
- Toddington library Library 10 miles
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 11.4 miles
- Theatre MK Theatre 12.1 miles
- Milton Keynes Xscape Shopping centre 12.1 miles
- Stadium MK Stadium 12.3 miles
- Midsummer Place Shopping centre 12.5 miles