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Aston Martin Works Heritage
The spiritual home of Aston Martin at the original Newport Pagnell factory, offering heritage servicing, restoration, and sales.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Bradwell
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Bradwell
Bradwell works well as a base: 10 minutes from Calverton, 6km from Aston Martin Works Heritage.
Bradwell is in England, United Kingdom. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Calverton, about 4 km away.
Bradwell is an ancient village, modern neighbourhood and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Central Milton Keynes. The civil parish includes Bradwell Abbey, a former Benedictine priory, which was founded in 1155 and dissolved in about 1540, butRead more
the abbey and its immediate environs were always a separate ecclesiastical parish.
The village name is an Old English language word and means broad spring. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Bradewelle.
There was a YHA youth hostel in the village (near the church and Bradwell Bury): the YHA closed it during the COVID-19 pandemic and terminated its lease in 2021.
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What is there to see near Bradwell?
Within an hour or so of Bradwell: Aston Martin Works Heritage (6 km), Bletchley Park (6 km), Super Sausage Cafe (9 km), Silverstone Circuit (16 km).
Are there any good drives near Bradwell?
The nearest famous roads are Crystal Palace Circuit, Goodwood Festival of Speed and A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth).
Where is Bradwell?
Bradwell is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Calverton.
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- Population
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 52.0486, -0.7877
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Bradwell
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Bletchley Park
Victorian estate where Alan Turing and thousands of codebreakers cracked the German Enigma cipher, arguably shortening WWII by years. Restored huts, working Bombe machine, and the National Museum of Computing next door.
6 km · about 10 min drive
cafe
Super Sausage Cafe
Legendary transport cafe on the A5 Watling Street near Potterspury, a favourite fry-up stop for bikers and classic car runs heading between London and the Midlands since the 1960s.
9 km · about 15 min drive
racetrack
Silverstone Circuit
The home of British motorsport, hosting the first ever F1 World Championship race in 1950
16 km · about 20 min drive
museum
The Silverstone Experience
Immersive museum at the home of British motorsport telling the story of the past, present, and future of racing.
16 km · about 30 min drive
cafe
Caffeine & Machine: The Bowl
The Bedfordshire location set in a dramatic former quarry bowl, opened in 2023 as the brand's third venue.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Santa Pod Raceway
Europe's premier drag racing venue in Northamptonshire, hosting iconic events like the FIA European Finals and Flame & Thunder.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
The UK's largest zoo set across 600 acres of Bedfordshire parkland with drive-through animal enclosures.
28 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Bradwell
5 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 64 kmThe Backs, CambridgeThe famous riverside meadows behind the Cambridge colleges, offering iconic views of King's College Chapel, the Bridge of Sighs and punts on the Cam.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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