The Higgins
The Higgins is an art gallery and museum in Bedford. Nearby, Bedford Castle (100 m) heads a list of 30 within 15 km. It is written up in 3 Wikipedias.
Museum in Bedford
Inside Bedford
The Higgins is inside Bedford’s built-up area, with 4 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.
Weather by the month
Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Bedford.
The Higgins
Art gallery and museum in Bedford, England, United Kingdom.
In Bedford, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Bedford
- Official site
- thehigginsbedford.org.uk
The practical side
The Higgins on the map
Orange shows The Higgins; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Bedford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns a short way from The Higgins
The largest of the 8 towns is Bedford, with 97,226 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Bedford
Kempston
Great Denham
Clapham
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where The Higgins is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | It’s in town | 97,226 | 15 |
| Kempston | 1.4 km southwest of it | 22,779 | 7 |
| Great Denham | 2.5 km west of it | 4,363 | 6 |
| Clapham | 2.8 km northwest of it | 4,502 | 10 |
| Shortstown | 3 km southeast of it | 4,837 | 11 |
| Salph End | 3.5 km northeast of it | 485 | 11 |
| Cardington | 3.6 km southeast of it | 331 | 10 |
| Wixams | 4.1 km south of it | 6,044 | 9 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
More near The Higgins
Our list has 30 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 3 historic houses and a castle.
CastleBedford Castle100 m away2
MuseumJohn Bunyan museum100 m away3Theme parkTheme parkUniversal United Kingdom Resort5.7 km away4
MuseumMoot Hall2.3 km away5
Historic house · English HeritageHoughton House10 km away6
Historic house · English HeritageWrest Park15 km away7MuseumMuseumThe Shuttleworth Collection11 km away8
Historic houseColworth House13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on The Higgins
Where is The Higgins?
The Higgins is in Bedford, Bedfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Higgins?
Art gallery and museum in Bedford, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit The Higgins?
May to September are the warmest months in Bedford, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Higgins?
Within 15 km: Bedford Castle (100 m), John Bunyan museum (100 m), Universal United Kingdom Resort (5.7 km) and Moot Hall (2.3 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 (7)
- The Higgins: Simon Speed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bedford Castle: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bunyan museum: Simon Speed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moot Hall: Shritwod at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Houghton House: APB-CMX at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wrest Park: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Colworth House: Lecomte99 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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