Ampthill
Ampthill is a Village in the county of Bedfordshire.
There are great places to visit near Ampthill including some great towns, nature reserves, ancient sites, hills, woodlands, rivers and streams, villages, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and shopping centres.
There are a number of towns near Ampthill including Sandy, Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Cranfield, and Biggleswade.
Nature Reserves to visit near Ampthill include RSPB The Lodge, and Sharnbrook Summit.
The area around Ampthill boasts some of the best ancient sites including Galley Hill Hillfort, and Ivinghoe Beacon Hill.
Ampthill has some unmissable hills nearby like Galley Hill Hillfort, and Ivinghoe Beacon Hill.
The Everton Estate is a great place to visit close to Ampthill if you like woodlands.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the area around Ampthill like River Great Ouse at Bedford.
Stevington, Cardington, Willington - Bedford, Whipsnade, Stewartby, Aspley Guise, and Great Barford are great places to visit near Ampthill if you like villages.
Stevington Windmill, Willington Dovecote and Stables, Bedford School Chapel, Stewartby Brickworks, Great Barford Bridge, Market Place Woburn, and Town Hall at Woburn are some of Ampthill best historic buildings to visit near Ampthill.
Don't miss Priory Country Park, and Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Estate's country parks if visiting the area around Ampthill.
Priory Lake is a great place to visit close to Ampthill if you like lakes.
Ampthill is near some unmissable shopping centres like The Mall Luton,
Ampthill History
There are some historic monuments around Ampthill:
Places to see near Ampthill
History of Ampthill
In the mid-1780s, John Fitzpatrick, the 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory, led a campaign to improve the town centre. He created the current market place, erected the water pump and built a new clock tower. Lord Upper Ossory was also responsible for a cross commemorating Catherine of Aragon, with an inscription by Horace Walpole, and a row of thatched cottages built between 1812 and 1816 to house his estate workers.
