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Guided Walks 2019 MAKE THE MOST Mound Castle BOOKPhotograph, Cover Front BEDFORD OF YOUR VISIT HERE GUIDED Markets THE BEDFORD Charter Market – Wednesday and Saturday Gourmet Market – Thursdays CORN EXCHANGE WALKS Home and Garden Market – Fridays MAP Farmers’ Market – Second and Fourth Thursday INSIDE each month The Box Office 2019 Handmade in Bedford Market – Second Saturday of Harpur Suite April to December (excluding July) Harpur Square Bedford Events MK40 1LE Bedford High Street Showcase – 2nd June Tel: 01234 718044 Kite and Cars– Sat 1st & Sun 2nd June – Russell Park Email: [email protected] Christmas Light Switch On – Thurs 22nd November Parks and Open Spaces Box Office Hours – For hall hire and Bedford Park is of a beautiful Victorian design with mature ticketing enquires trees and two children’s playgrounds, one at each end. Monday to Friday: 10.00am – 4.00pm Other facilities include the Pavilion at the Park Cafe, tennis Saturday: 10.00am – 1.00pm courts, football pitches, basketball court and cricket pitch. • Tickets for in house shows held at Bedford The Embankment is one of the most beautiful places in the Corn Exchange, including concerts, classical, centre of town. The recently restored Victorian bandstand is a stunning landmark in the middle of a tree lined riverbank comedy, pantomime and various productions walk. The bridges and the ornamental gardens make this • Tickets for external shows such as Proms in part of town an area not to be missed. You can also visit the the Park Longholme Café for refreshements. • Residency to Philharmonia Orchestra Russell Park near the embankment offers a putting green, tennis courts and a children’s play area. There is also the Kiosk at the Park Cafe nearby. Priory Country Park and Marina is a great place for picnics kite flying and leisurely walks. Watch the sailing, windsurfing and canoeing on the main lake or the purpose built slalom course. Leisure Bedford International Athletic Stadium 8 Lane International www.bedfordtourguides.org track with full athletic facilities Tel 01234 351115 Sponsored by Bedford Business Improvement District (BedfordBID) is an independent business-led partnership . Love Bedford is the brand Oasis Beach Pool Indoor tropical beach pool with two wild name of the BedfordBID comprising of over 550 levy paying water flumes, wave pool, lazy river float ride, beach area, premises in Bedford Town Centre who together are working to mushroom fountain and more, welcome customers, investors and tourists to Bedford. Tel 01234 272100 www.lovebedford.co.uk | www.lovebedfordoffers.co.uk Robinson Pool Indoor pool with diving boards and [email protected] | 01234 404500 lovebedford | @lovebedford children’s pool. Bedford Park, Tel 01234 357157 REGULAR SUNDAY BEDFORD WALKS FOR 2019 GUIDED Who Lived In A House Like That? Ever walked past an interesting house and wondered about its past ? Hear about some of our oldest houses and the WALKS fascinating characters who designed them and families whose homes they were. 2019. 26th May, 23th June, 18th August I Never Knew That. Bedford has a story waiting to be told around every corner. Why not enjoy a relaxed and entertaining journey This walk will give you answers to all those questions about the town, but did not know who to ask. back through the ages and find out more about 5th May, 30th June, 1st September the characters and buildings that are the fabric of Bedford’s thousand year history. All walks are led by The Life And Times Of John Bunyan. Follow in the footsteps of the ‘Immortal Tinker’ and author of qualified members of the Bedford Association ‘’The Pilgrims Progress’’ to various town sites connected with of Tour Guides . his life and his works. 12th May, 21st July, 22nd September WHEN The summer walks take place on Sundays at 11:00a.m. The Jewel In Bedford’s Crown. WHERE Walks start from outside the Old Town Hall in St. Paul’s This entertaining and informative circular walk along the Square, Bedford close to the gold painted letter box. banks of the River Great Ouse, described as being one of the fi nest riverside settings in England, takes in the Victorian DURATION Each walk is designed to last approximately Embankment, the bridges and the ornamental gardens. 90 minutes at an easy pace and should be suitable for those 16th June, 14th July, 11th August, 29th September with limited or restricted mobility. Wheelchair users should however advise the Box Office at the time of booking so that The Rise And Fall Of Bedford Castle. suitable routing provisions can be made. A Royal Charter, a not so ‘civil’ war and a castle removed stone by stone. View the castle mound COST Public walk charge is £3.00 per adult and children over and the site where Bedford’s motte and bailey 8 years of age £1.50. DUE TO THEIR POPULARITY HOWEVER castle once stood and hear why it is no more! PLEASE NOTE THAT PRE BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. 2nd June, 28th July, 8th September IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please ensure that you The Silent Faces Of Bedford. keep your safety in mind at all times on any of the walks. It Why not find out more about the many statues and memorials that can be seen in the town centre. The figures GROUP WALKS is advisable to wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear If your group, society or organisation would like a may not be able to speak but our Guides can tell you their appropriate to the weather conditions. walk during the daytime, an evening or weekend, full story. this can arranged through the Box Office. Simply 9th June, 7th July, 25th August Please note that every effort will be made to choose from the seven walk titles on offer and keep to the programme however the box get in touch. office refers the right to amend or cancel Bedford In World War II. Hear about Bedford’s wartime secrets, many of them only walks if conditions arise and that are Charges recently revealed. The town was far more that simply a beyond their control Adult £3.00 ‘liberty town’ for off duty servicemen, it was once the home Children Over 8 years £1.50. of one of the most important of our national institutions. 19th May, 4th August, 15th September Call A minimum charge of £30.00 per Group applies 01234 718044 and a maximum group number of 18 participants is to book permitted for each Guide. BEDFORD TOWN MAP Key 1 John Bunyan Statue 2 Reflections of Bedford Bedford Modern Pavillion 3 Archbishop Trevor Huddleston School 4 Harpur Suite (BOX OFFICE) 5 Harpur Centre < 6 Corn Exchange A6 TO RUSHDEN 7 Old Town Hall (Bedford Register Office) 8 St Paul’s Church CEMETERY & CREMATORIUM > 8a Information Centre 9 Bedford Magistrates Court & County Court TO A1 NORTH The Place CAMBRIDGE > 10 John Howard Statue Theatre 11 War Memorial (South African War) 12 Polam Bedford Health Village Swan Hotel Bedford School School 13 John Bunyan Museum Rugby 14 Castle Quay & Medieval Lime Kiln The Quarry Ground Wyvern Theatre 15 The Higgins Bedford TO House at St. Luke’s 16 Castle Mound NORTHAMPTON The Bedford Sixth Form < 1 17 Panacea Museum EUNEVA MAHNWEN EUNEVA 18 Bandstand 19 Suspension Bridge 20 Bedford War Memorial 4 3 2 21 Butterfly Bridge 13 Eagle 22 Kiosk, Putting Green & Toilets RAM YARD Gallery 6 17 5 CASTLE 14 15 LANE 10 CASTLE QUAY Pedestrianised street 8 8a 16 7 11 12 9 Pedestrianised shopping area Customer 20 Service 22 Toilets D Centre & Kiosk Local facilities D END ROA 19 Parking FOR John Bunyan Boat Mooring 18 21 Evening parking available Bedford Girls Coach parking HA School Borough Hall Coach bay V CAULDWELL ST EL O Cycle/foot path (Traffic free) CK ST One way road 24 Kids World Toilets are located in the Harpur Centre, Allhallows, Lurke Street and Mayes Yard (off St Paul's Square by the Corn Exchange) Wells & Young Brewery TO A1 SOUTH > TO A6 LUTON, TO ELSTOW MILTON KEYNES > PARK> & RIDE & M1 VIA A421 6 Corn Exchange (1874) 12 Swan Hotel (1797) BEDFORD SELF Built and opened as a Corn Market, it was used regularly by the The present building was constructed as a coaching inn for the BBC during World War II for Symphony Concerts and 1944 Proms. Duke of Bedford. It contains the staircase from Houghton House Also in 1944, Glenn Miller gave his first UK broadcast from here. A (now derelict), reputedly the inspiration for “House Beautiful” in John GUIDED TRAIL bust of Glenn Miller can be seen on the front of the building. Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress”. Follow the numbers from 1 to 17 on the map, please allow 90 minutes to complete. 7 Old Town Hall (Bedford Register Office) 13 Bunyan Meeting and John Bunyan Museum One of the oldest public buildings in Bedford dating back to c1550, John Bunyan (1628-88) rose from humble origins to become one of it was originally the home of the Grammar School and became the the world’s most widely read authors. The present church (c1849) 1 John Bunyan Statue Town Hall in 1891. Sir William Harpur (1497-1574), born in Bedford, stands on the site of a barn purchased by Bunyan and his followers For long periods between 1660 and 1676 John Bunyan was rose to be Lord Mayor of London, and as a wealthy man, provided which was used as a place of worship. Visitors should particularly imprisoned for his beliefs. Published in 1678, “The Pilgrim’s Progress” an endowment to support education in Bedford. The present 18th see the famous Bronze Doors. Bunyan is buried in the dissenter’s has been translated into over 200 languages.
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