Wixams is a planned new settlement on the western edge of the Bedford borough in Bedfordshire, created on former agricultural land and designed around a series of neighbourhoods with parks and water features. It sits close to the village of Wilstead and the A6/A421 corridor, giving decent road links to nearby towns and the wider motorway network.
Characterised by modern housing, a growing village centre, schools and community facilities, Wixams attracts many young families and commuters and has been developed with local employment space and cycle routes in mind. While it lacks the deep historical layers of older Bedfordshire villages, its rapid growth and mix of green space, amenities and transport links have made it a notable new community within easy reach of Bedford, Milton Keynes and London.
Postcode districts covering Wixams
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 12.4 miles
- Northampton 20 miles
- Luton 13.4 miles
- Bedford 3.4 miles
- Stevenage 17.6 miles
- Hemel Hempstead 23.2 miles
- St. Albans 24.1 miles
- Aylesbury 23.6 miles
- Kettering 23.7 miles
- Kettering Town 23.6 miles
- Welwyn Garden City 22.9 miles
- Dunstable 14.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Wixams Built-up area 0.1 miles
- Wixams & Wilstead Ward 0.3 miles
- Kempston Hardwick Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Elstow Parish 1.3 miles
- Wilstead Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Wilshamstead Parish 1.6 miles
- Houghton Conquest Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Kempston South Ward 1.7 miles
- Kempston Built-up area 2 miles
- Houghton Conquest & Haynes Ward 2 miles
- Stewartby Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Kempston Central & East Ward 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Wixams
MK42 6FR, MK42 6AG, MK42 6AJ, MK42 6EJ, MK42 6FH, MK42 6EU, MK42 6EQ, MK42 6BU, MK42 6DT … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 15.4 miles
- Stansted Airport 33.2 miles
- Kempston Hardwick Railway Station 1.4 miles
- Stewartby Railway Station 2.5 miles
Hotels near Wixams Ad
- Holiday Inn Express Bedford 3 1.2 miles
- The White Hart 4 4.1 miles
- The Kingfisher Pub and Hotel 4 3.1 miles
- Verve Hotel 4 3.7 miles
- D'parys 3.8 miles
- Woodland Manor Hotel 3 5 miles
- Cranfield Management Development Centre 6.5 miles
- Bedford Swan Hotel and Thermal Spa 4 3.2 miles
- Mitchell Hall 6.6 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 6.1 miles
- Woburn Abbey Estate 9 miles
- Toddington library Library 10 miles
- Santa Pod Raceway Recreation 11.5 miles
- Theatre MK Theatre 12.1 miles
- Milton Keynes Xscape Shopping centre 12.2 miles
- Stadium MK Stadium 12.4 miles
- Midsummer Place Shopping centre 12.6 miles