Mead Open Farm
Visitors to Billington can see Mead Open Farm, an attraction. The surrounding 5 km hold 2 more places to visit. Nearby, Bletchley Park (14 km) leads the list.
Attraction in Billington
Inside Billington
Mead Open Farm is inside Billington’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month
From May to September, Billington sees highs of 17–22°C.
Mead Open Farm
Attraction.
In Billington, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- in Billington
- Official site
- meadopenfarm.co.uk
Mead Open Farm and what surrounds it
The map centres on Mead Open Farm, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Billington’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Mead Open Farm
The most populous of the 8 is Leighton Buzzard, at 42,736. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
- 1Billington
- 2Stanbridge
- 3Leighton Buzzard
- 4Eaton Bray and Edlesborough
- 5Tilsworth
- 6Slapton
- 7Totternhoe
- 8Hockliffe
Billington
Stanbridge
Leighton Buzzard
Eaton Bray and Edlesborough
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Mead Open Farm is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billington | It’s in town | 359 | 5 |
| Stanbridge | 1.3 km northeast of it | 445 | 3 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 1.4 km northwest of it | 42,736 | 5 |
| Eaton Bray and Edlesborough | 1.7 km southeast of it | 4,201 | 14 |
| Tilsworth | 2.4 km northeast of it | 371 | 5 |
| Slapton | 2.5 km southwest of it | 308 | 6 |
| Totternhoe | 2.8 km southeast of it | 1,017 | 11 |
| Hockliffe | 3.9 km northeast of it | 1,068 | 3 |
Combine it with these
Around it, within 15 km, lie 47 more, including 3 historic houses, 2 museums and a zoo.
MuseumBletchley Park14 km away2Historic houseHistoric houseWoburn Abbey9.5 km away3
ZooWhipsnade Zoo7.7 km away4
Historic houseMentmore Towers6 km away5
MuseumNatural History Museum at Tring12 km away · 134K visitors a year (2022)6
Heritage railwayLeighton Buzzard Light Railway2.5 km away7
Historic house · National TrustAscott House5.8 km away8GardenGarden · National TrustWhipsnade Tree Cathedral7.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Mead Open Farm: questions
Where is Mead Open Farm?
Mead Open Farm is in Billington, Bedfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Mead Open Farm?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Mead Open Farm?
May to September are the warmest months in Billington, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Mead Open Farm?
Within 15 km: Bletchley Park (14 km), Woburn Abbey (9.5 km), Whipsnade Zoo (7.7 km) and Mentmore Towers (6 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Bletchley Park: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whipsnade Zoo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mentmore Towers: The original uploader was Swanker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natural History Museum at Tring: Rob Farrow. Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leighton Buzzard Light Railway: G-Man at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ascott House: Paul Shreeve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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