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The Bedford Golf Club

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

GolfWildlifeBirds
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.13368, -0.51068

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Golf

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Robin +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Robin +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Hawthorn +3 more foraging species

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Nettle, Agrimony, Opium Poppy +43 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Nettle, Agrimony, Opium Poppy +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Southern Oak Bush-cricket, Poecilus cupreus, Black Clock +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 43 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Clay WayWalking route
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
John Bunyan TrailWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Days Lanepublic footpath · 93 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 93 mPath type: residential
Mercia Roadpublic footpath · 201 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 201 mPath type: residential
Saxon Waypublic footpath · 39 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 39 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: residential
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Cycling

71 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Route 9Cycling route
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Route 10Cycling route
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Route 26Cycling route
Named routeRef 26Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

New housing by the golf course

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

New housing by the golf course

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Great Denham Country ParkUrban park1.2 km→🌱Addison Howard ParkUrban park1.9 km→🌱Addison Howard ParkUrban park1.9 km→🌱Russell ParkUrban park4 km→🌱Russell ParkUrban park4 km→🌱Kempston Riverside ParkUrban park1.3 km→

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