Chicksands
Built-up area in Central Bedfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.041, -0.364 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 12 39 |
| Population: | 1,396 |
Chicksands is a small village and estate in Central Bedfordshire, England, set amid rolling arable countryside and areas of semi-ancient woodland. The medieval Chicksands Priory and neighbouring Chicksands Wood are local landmarks that give the place a notably historic and rural character, while the village sits close to the market town of Shefford and within easy reach of Bedford and Luton.
Historically the area has an unusual military and intelligence connection: nearby RAF Chicksands was a Cold War signals‑intelligence station with a distinctive circular antenna array, and more recently the site has hosted defence intelligence training, which has influenced the local economy and identity. Today it remains a quiet community combining agricultural surroundings, heritage buildings and a continuing link to the UK’s defence and intelligence heritage.
Postcode districts covering Chicksands
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 16.5 miles
- Luton 10.6 miles
- Cambridge 23.9 miles
- Bedford 7.9 miles
- Stevenage 12.1 miles
- Hemel Hempstead 20.5 miles
- St. Albans 20 miles
- Aylesbury 24.5 miles
- Welwyn Garden City 17.8 miles
- Dunstable 12.7 miles
- Wellingborough 23.2 miles
- Bletchley 16.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Campton and Chicksands Parish 0.5 miles
- Campton Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Shefford Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Meppershall Built-up area 2 miles
- Upper Gravenhurst Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Haynes Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Southill Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Clophill Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Clifton Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Gravenhurst Parish 2.7 miles
- Shillington Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Clifton, Henlow & Langford Ward 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Chicksands
SG17 5XS, SG17 5PP, SG17 9SZ, SG17 9UA, SG17 9SW, SG17 9UB, SG17 9SX, SG17 9SD, SG17 9UR … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 11.5 miles
- Stansted Airport 27.7 miles
- Arlesey Railway Station 4.3 miles
- Biggleswade Railway Station 5.3 miles
Hotels near Chicksands Ad
- The Crown Pub, Dining & Rooms 3.5 miles
- The White Hart 4 5.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Bedford 3 6.6 miles
- Letchworth Hall 4 7.9 miles
- The Kingfisher Pub and Hotel 4 6.4 miles
- The Fox at Willian 4 8.3 miles
- Champneys Henlow 3.5 miles
- The Farmhouse at Redcoats 4 9.5 miles
- The Coach House 8.7 miles
- The Broadway Hotel 7.2 miles
Local points of interest
- Wrest House Estate 3.1 miles
- Silsoe College - Cranfield University College 3.6 miles
- Flitwick Moor Nature reserve 5.5 miles
- Redbourne College College 5.9 miles
- Moot Hall Museum 6.8 miles
- British School Museum Museum 7.6 miles
- Putteridge Bury Estate 9.1 miles
- Toddington library Library 9.6 miles
- Woburn Abbey Estate 10.6 miles
- Kenilworth Road Stadium 11.2 miles
- Broadhall Way Stadium 12.8 miles
- Luton Hoo Estate 13.3 miles