Stopsley is a Town in the county of Bedfordshire.

Stopsley postcode: LU2 9AD

Retail in Stopsley

There are great places to visit near Stopsley including some great towns, nature reserves, ancient sites, hills, woodlands, rivers and streams, villages, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and shopping centres.

Sandy, Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Cranfield, and Biggleswade are some of Stopsley best towns to visit near Stopsley.

Stopsley's best nearby nature reserves can be found at RSPB The Lodge, and Sharnbrook Summit.

There are a several good ancient sites in the area around Stopsley like Galley Hill Hillfort.

Hills to visit near Stopsley include Galley Hill Hillfort.

The Everton Estate is one of Stopsley's best, nearby woodlands to visit in Stopsley.

Stopsley is near some unmissable rivers and streams like River Great Ouse at Bedford,

The area around Stopsley boasts some of the best villages including Stevington, Cardington, Willington - Bedford, Whipsnade, Stewartby, Aspley Guise, and Great Barford.

Stopsley has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Stevington Windmill, Willington Dovecote and Stables, Bedford School Chapel, Stewartby Brickworks, Great Barford Bridge, Market Place Woburn, and Town Hall at Woburn.

Don't miss Priory Country Park, and Dunstable Downs and Whipsnade Estate's country parks if visiting the area around Stopsley.

Don't miss Priory Lake's lakes if visiting the area around Stopsley.

Stopsley is near some unmissable shopping centres like The Mall Luton,

Stopsley History

There are some historic monuments around Stopsley:

• Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe
• Fishery 500m north east of Manor Farm
• Barrow at Telegraph Hill
• Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house
• Someries Castle: a medieval magnate's residence and formal garden remains
• Moated site in Pegsdon Belt
• Moated site at Faldo Farm
• Bowl barrow at Knocking Knoll, 640m E of Pegsdon Common Farm
• Rothamsted Romano-British cemetery
• Medieval village 100m west of Zouches Farm
• Dray's Ditches
• Neolithic enclosure known as Waulud's Bank
• Dray's Ditches
• Settlement site 200yds (180m) S of The Camp
• Moated site north of Apsley End
• Ravensburgh Castle
• Pirton Grange moated enclosure and associated settling pond, Pirton
• Apsley Bury moated site and fishpond, south of Apsley End
• Bowl barrow in Tingley Field Plantation, near Pegsdon
• Strip lynchets on Stopsley Common
• Moated site and associated enclosure at Rectory Farm
• Anglo-Saxon settlement, and probable prehistoric ring ditches, west of Pirton village
• Toot Hill motte and bailey castle and shrunken medieval village at Pirton
• Upbury moated site and associated fishponds
• Sharpenhoe Clappers: an Iron Age promontory fort, medieval warren and associated medieval cultivation earthworks