Lower Stondon
Built-up area in Central Bedfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.004, -0.308 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 16 35 |
| Dialling code: | 01462 (Hitchin) |
Lower Stondon is a small village in the civil parish of Stondon in Central Bedfordshire, sitting in Bedfordshire countryside a short distance from Henlow. It has traditionally been an agricultural settlement - its name is thought to derive from Old English for "stone hill" - but today benefits from good road links and its proximity to larger towns, making it popular with commuters to places such as Bedford and Luton.
Despite modern pressures the village retains a strong community feel, with local groups, a village hall and small businesses helping to preserve a rural character; the nearby former RAF presence at Henlow and other local employers also shape the local economy and social life. Visitors and residents enjoy the surrounding farmland, hedgerows and easy access to the wider Bedfordshire landscape.
Postcode districts covering Lower Stondon
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 19 miles
- Luton 9.4 miles
- Cambridge 23.2 miles
- Watford 24.2 miles
- Bedford 11.3 miles
- Harlow 24 miles
- Stevenage 8.6 miles
- Hemel Hempstead 18.7 miles
- St. Albans 17.3 miles
- Welwyn Garden City 14.5 miles
- Cheshunt 23 miles
- Dunstable 12.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Stondon Parish 0.3 miles
- Holwell Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Meppershall Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Cadwell Ward 1.7 miles
- Arlesey Built-up area 2 miles
- Clifton, Henlow & Langford Ward 2 miles
- Meppershall & Shillington Ward 2.1 miles
- Henlow Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Arlesey & Fairfield Ward 2.3 miles
- Shillington Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Clifton Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Pirton Built-up area 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Lower Stondon
SG16 6HR, SG16 6EP, SG16 6EH, SG16 6DR, SG16 6NA, SG16 6JT, SG16 6HQ, SG16 6QB, SG16 6NG … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 9.3 miles
- Stansted Airport 24.6 miles
- Arlesey Railway Station 2.3 miles
- Letchworth Garden City Railway Station 3.8 miles
Hotels near Lower Stondon Ad
- Champneys Henlow Hotel 2.1 miles
- The Broadway Hotel 3.7 miles
- Days Inn by Wyndham Stevenage North 3 4.6 miles
- The Broadway Hotel and Carvery 3 3.7 miles
- The Green Man 3 3.6 miles
- Premier Inn Letchworth Garden City 3 3.9 miles
- The Courtyard Lodge 3 3.9 miles
- Hitchin Priory 4.3 miles
- Premier Inn Hitchin Town Centre 3 4 miles
- The Airman Hotel 3 1.5 miles
Schools in Lower Stondon
- Stondon Lower School Primary
Local points of interest
- British School Museum Museum 4.2 miles
- Wrest House Estate 4.4 miles
- Silsoe College - Cranfield University College 5 miles
- Putteridge Bury Estate 7 miles
- Flitwick Moor Nature reserve 7.2 miles
- Redbourne College College 8.2 miles
- Broadhall Way Stadium 9.3 miles
- Kenilworth Road Stadium 9.8 miles
- Toddington library Library 10.2 miles
- Moot Hall Museum 10.3 miles
- Luton Hoo Estate 11.3 miles
- Woburn Abbey Estate 12.3 miles