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Attractions
Churches
Cinemas
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Eating and Drinking
Libraries
Local Government
Medical
Police
Post Office
Public Transport - Bus
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RAF Henlow
Schools
Swimming Pools
Theatres
Walks in the area
Waste and Recyling
Weather
Attractions
Back to top?Henlow Greyhound Stadium
Bedford Road (A600), Lower Stondon, Beds SG16 6EA
Tel: 01462 851850 - Fax: 01462 815593
Email: info@henlow-racing-ltd.co.uk
Mount Pleasant Golf Club
9-hole, 18-Tee Golf Course
Station Road, Lower Stondon, Beds SG16 6JL
Tel: 01462 850999
Email: manager@mountpleasantgolfcourse.com
Stondon Transport Museum
Cars, motorbikes, buses, army vehicles & many other forms of transport exhibited
Station Road, Lower Stondon, Henlow, Beds SG16 6JN
Tel: 01462 850339
Email: transportmuseum@supanet.com
Stondonbury Re-use Boot
Stondon's summer Boot sale. Sellers arrive from 9am, no unpacking till 10am.
Shillington Road, Lower Stondon
Tel: Call Stewart on 07984 206 698 for more details
Email: stewartgatewaylodge@hotmail.com
Churches
Back to top?All Saints Church
Upper Stondon
Services every Sunday at 11am. The first Sunday is a Family Service. Sunday School is on the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Sundays at 11am.
Tel: Revd Jane Wheatley 01462 731170
Baptist Church
Station Road, Lower Stondon
For enquiries, contact Andy Banthorpe, 32 Long Close, Lower Stondon, Beds
Tel: 01462 850753
Cinemas
Back to top?Citizens Advice Bureau
Back to top?Citizens Advice Bureau
Details of local CABs
Clubs and Groups
Back to top?Brownies
Brenda Ballantine
Tel: 01462 811806
Derwent Lower School Football Club
A new football club has been set up which will be open to all boys and girls aged between 4 and 9 living in Lower Stondon, Henlow and surrounding areas. They will be focussing on the fun aspects of football, encouraging the children to enjoy participating and not concentrating on playing competitive games.
Derwent School, Saturdays at 9am. In School Hall if wet.
Mid Beds Twins Club
Club for twins and their parents in the area
Contact : Rachel Cooke
Email: rachel-cooke2011@hotmail.co.uk
Parents & Toddlers
Alisa Williamson, 5 Signal Close, Lower Stondon, Beds SG16 6FE
PETALS
Lower School PTA
Kim Francis
Tel: 01462 813412
Rainbows
Kate Briscoe
Tel: 01462 815922
Email: stondonrainbows@hotmail.co.uk
Stondon FC
5 a side football team playing at John Henry Newman School, Stevenage, on a Wednesday evening.
See website for fixtures
Email: dbentley_7@sky.com
Stondon Friendship Club
SFC is a small group of people of all ages young and old. We play bingo and have a cup of tea after. We are very friendly and we go on outings once a month. The cost is £20 with £5 non re-fundable deposit. We meet at the village hall on Wednesday afternoon from 2pm-4pm.
Tel: 01462 851660 (Treasurer) 01462 850229 (Secretary)
Email: justine1313@btinternet.com
Stondon Recreation Association
Manages, promotes & maintains play & sports facilities in the village
c/o 144 Station Road, Lower Stondon, Beds SG16 6JH
Tel: 01462 850449
Email: stondonrec@virgin.net
Stondon Stompers
Local pre-school group open to all children between the ages of 2 years and 6 months and 5 years.
Deb Hathway (Manager)
Tel: 07775 233264
Email: stondonstompers@live.com
Stondon Village Hall
Promoting and Hiring of Village Hall
Karen Martin
Tel: 01462 813717
Sunday School
Meet 11-12am on the 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month. No upper age limit.
Tracey Scott, 2 Midland Way, Henlow
Tel: 01462 811917
Email: k.t.scott@metronet.co.uk
The Stondon Players
Our local Am-Dram group who meet in the Village Hall (Hillside Road) every Monday evening from 8-9.30.
They'd love to see you if you'd like to get involved!
Tel: Tracy Montague on 01462 817603
Email: stondon-players@hotmail.co.uk
Women's Institute
Monthly meeting at the Village Hall. Most months we have speaker on a variety of sbjects, some craft oriented, some serious and some amusing.
Jane Hubbard, Station Road or Ruth Simkins, Mount Pleasant Golf Club, Station Road.
Tel: 01462 850431 or 01462 850257
Eating and Drinking
Back to top?Bird in Hand
Public House, Restaurant & Hotel
Bedford Road, Lower Stondon, Beds SG16 6DZ
Tel: 01462 850385
Email: birdinhand@talktalk.net
Chicken'n' Spice
251 Hitchin Rd, Henlow Camp
Tel: 01462 814987
Flamez
Kebabs, Pizzas, Burgers Takeaway
249 Hitchin Rd, Henlow Camp
Tel: 01462 850892
Golden Well
Chinese, Fish & Chips
253 Hitchin Rd, Henlow Camp
Tel: 01462 816888
Henlow Tandoori
Indian Takeaway
302 Hitchin Rd, Henlow Camp
Tel: 01462 851230
Indian Ocean
Fine Indian Cuisine
27 Fakeswell Lane, Lower Stondon
Tel: 01462 819296 or 01462 850622
Mount Pleasant Golf Club
Bar and food - open to all
Station Road, Lower Stondon
Tel: 01462 850999
Libraries
Back to top?Mobile
Tel: 01767 312324
Shefford
High Street, Shefford. SG17 5DD
Tel: Tel: 0300 300 8067 Fax: 01462 639071
Local Government
Back to top?MP
Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
House of Commons, London. SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4239 Fax : 020 7219 6428
Email: dorriesn@parliament.uk or from her website.
Parish Council
James Stirling (Chair),
Tel: 07879 644623
Email: stondonpc@jstirling.co.uk
Medical
Back to top?Dentists
Dentists in the area
Lower Stondon Surgery
Our local surgery
109 Station Road,Lower Stondon
Tel: 01462 850305
NHS Direct
Online help and advice from the NHS
Other GPs
Other GPs in the area
Pharmacies
Pharmacies in the area
Police
Back to top?Local Police
Shefford Police Station is no longer open to the public. The nearest police station is in Ampthill
Ampthill Police Station, Woburn Street, Ampthill, MK45 2HX.
Tel: Local team 01234 842613 or control room 01234 841212
Email: SNT.shefford@Bedfordshire.pnn.police.uk or from their web page
Post Office
Back to top?B & B Bros Foodstore & Post Office
14 Brittains Rise, Lower Stondon, Beds
Tel: 01462 850388
Henlow Camp
Hitchin Road, Henlow, Bedfordshire. SG16 6DP
Public Transport - Bus
Back to top?Henlow Camp - Hitchin
"Hail & Stop" bus picks up and drops off anywhere on the route.
Hitchin - Henlow Camp - Bedford
Hitchin - Henlow Camp - Biggleswade
"Hail & Stop" bus picks up and drops off anywhere on the route.
Wanderbus
A community bus service offering various destinations on a fortnightly or monthly basis. For more information, call
Tel: 01767 318444
Public Transport - Train
Back to top?Arlesey Station
including links to timetables
Old Oak Close, Arlesey, Bedfordshire. SG15 6XA
Flitwick Station
including links to timetables
Steppingly Road, Flitwick. MK45 1AJ
Harlington Station
including links to timetables
Station Road, Harlington. LU5 6LD
Hitchin Station
including links to timetables
Station Approach, Walsworth Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. SG4 9UL
RAF Henlow
Back to top?Schools
Back to top?Derwent Lower School
Caroline Howell (Head Teacher)
Hitchin Road, Henlow, Bedfordshire. SG16 6BA
Tel: 01462 812047
Email: derwent@deal.bedfordshire.gov.uk
Robert Bloomfield Middle School
Bloomfield Drive, Shefford, Beds. SG17 5BU
Tel: 01462 628800 Fax: 01462 628801
Samuel Whitbread Community College
Robert P Robson (Principal)
Shefford Rd, Clifton, Shefford, Beds. SG17 5QS
Tel: 01462 629900 Fax: 01462 629901
Email: info@swcc.beds.sch.uk
Stondon Lower School
Jill Davies (Head Teacher)
Hillside Road, Lower Stondon, Beds
Tel: 01462 850288 Fax: 01462 816855
Email: stondon@deal.bedfordshire.gov.uk
The Flying Start Children's Centre
A one-stop-service for families who are expecting a baby or have a child under 5 years old.
Based at Stondon Lower School, Hillside Road.
Tel: 01462 850288 or 07504 657383
Email: flyingstartcc1@yahoo.co.uk
Swimming Pools
Back to top?Biggleswade
Saxon Pool & Leisure Centre, Saxon Drive, Biggleswade, Beds. SG18 8SU
Tel: 01462 611595 Fax: 01767 600366
Email: enquiries.saxon@stevenage-leisure.co.uk
Hitchin
Fishponds Road, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1HA
Tel: 01462 441646
Email: enquiries@hitchinswimmingcentre.co.uk
Seahorse Swim School
Swim School at RAF Henlow Swimming Pool.
Diane Evans, Woodside House, 18 Walsworth Road, Hitchin, Herts, SG4 9SP
Tel: 01462 438888
Email: diane@djbtraining.co.uk
Theatres
Back to top?Gordon Craig Theatre
This 501 seat theatre boasts a varied programme of live entertainment, ranging from one-night variety-music shows to week-long drama productions.
Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, Lytton Way, Stevenage, Herts SG1 1LZ
Tel: 08700 131 030
Henlow Theatre
Local Amateur Theate, home to HATS (Henlow Amateur Theatrical Society)
Next to Henlow Camp Post Office
Tel: 01462 700785 / 857406 / 629233
The Market Theatre
A small thetare in Hitchin that puts on shows most weekends.
6a Sun Street, Hitchin, SG5 1AE
Tel: 01462 433553 (show nights 1 hour before show, answerphone at oth
Email: info@markettheatre.co.uk
The Queen Mother Theatre
The Queen Mother Theatre is a modern venue offering a varied programme of professional and amateur productions.
The Queen Mother Theatre is on the edge of Woodside Car Park, off Walsworth Road, Hitchin SG4 9YA
Tel: 01462 455166 (answerphone when closed)
Email: From website
Walks in the area
Back to top?A walk (or three) around Stondon
3 walks along the footpaths in Stondon Parish, including printable directions and maps.
A wealth of walks throughout Bedfordshire !
An easy 4 mile walk from RAF Henlow
Greensand Ridge Walks
Waymarked walks along the Greensand Ridge
Waste and Recyling
Back to top?Bottle Bank
Unfortunately we no longer have a bottle bank in the village. The nearest one now is outside the Village Hall in Meppershall, or outside Morrisons in Shefford.
Household collections
Wednesday is Bin day in Stondon. The council operates an alternate week collection policy. Dry Recyclables and Garden Waste is collected on one week and Residual Household Waste is collected on the following week. Food waste is collected every Wednesday.
Tidy Tip
The nearest Tidy Tip is in Biggleswade - behind Sainsburys. Bells Brook, Biggleswade Tel: 07167 313684
Weather
Back to top?Clifton weather
Private weather website based in Clifton