Shefford
Built-up area in Central Bedfordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.037, -0.333 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 14 38 |
| Population: | 10,816 |
Shefford is a small market town in Central Bedfordshire, set where the gentle valley of the River Flit runs through the Bedfordshire countryside. Its town centre combines traditional shops and pubs with pockets of Victorian and later housing, and the surrounding landscape of fields and lanes makes it popular with people wanting easy access to rural walks while still being within reach of larger towns.
Historically rooted in agriculture and local trade, Shefford expanded through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and today has a mixed local economy of small businesses, services and many residents who commute to nearby centres such as Bedford or even to London. The town retains an active community feel with clubs, schools and local events that reflect its small‑town character.
Postcode districts covering Shefford
Most populated places nearby
- Milton Keynes 17.8 miles
- Luton 10.8 miles
- Cambridge 22.9 miles
- Bedford 8.9 miles
- Stevenage 11 miles
- Hemel Hempstead 20.5 miles
- St. Albans 19.6 miles
- Welwyn Garden City 17 miles
- Dunstable 13.2 miles
- Wellingborough 24.3 miles
- Bletchley 17.6 miles
- Bletchley and Fenny Stratford 16.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Campton Built-up area 1 mile
- Clifton Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Chicksands Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Meppershall Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Campton and Chicksands Parish 1.5 miles
- Clifton, Henlow & Langford Ward 1.8 miles
- Southill Built-up area 2 miles
- Henlow Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Lower Stondon Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Stondon Parish 2.5 miles
- Upper Gravenhurst Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Langford Built-up area 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Shefford
SG17 5DQ, SG17 5TF, SG17 5DD, SG17 5FD, SG17 5DG, SG17 5FN, SG17 5XB, SG17 5GE, SG17 5UP … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 11.3 miles
- Stansted Airport 26.4 miles
- Arlesey Railway Station 2.9 miles
- Biggleswade Railway Station 4.5 miles
Hotels near Shefford Ad
- Champneys Henlow Hotel 2.2 miles
- The Green Man 3 1.7 miles
- The Broadway Hotel 5.9 miles
- The Airman Hotel 3 1.1 miles
- The Knife and Cleaver 6.4 miles
- The Courtyard Lodge 3 4.6 miles
- Days Inn by Wyndham Stevenage North 3 5.8 miles
- Brookside Lodge 3.5 5.1 miles
- The George 5.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Bedford 3 7.8 miles
Schools in Shefford
- Robert Bloomfield Academy All ages
- Samuel Whitbread Academy Secondary
- Shefford Lower School Primary
Local points of interest
- Wrest House Estate 3.9 miles
- Silsoe College - Cranfield University College 4.5 miles
- Flitwick Moor Nature reserve 6.6 miles
- British School Museum Museum 6.7 miles
- Redbourne College College 7.1 miles
- Moot Hall Museum 8 miles
- Putteridge Bury Estate 8.9 miles
- Toddington library Library 10.4 miles
- Kenilworth Road Stadium 11.3 miles
- Woburn Abbey Estate 11.7 miles
- Broadhall Way Stadium 11.7 miles
- Luton Hoo Estate 13.2 miles