Village Information

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Attractions
Churches
Cinemas
Citizens Advice Bureau
Clubs and Groups
Eating and Drinking
Libraries
Local Government
Medical
Police
Post Office
Public Transport - Bus
Public Transport - Train
RAF Henlow
Schools
Swimming Pools
Theatres
Walks in the area
Waste and Recyling
Weather





Attractions

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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

RAF Signals Museum

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

Churches

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All Saints Church
Upper Stondon
Services and Sunday School every Sunday at 11am; Family Service 1st Sunday of the month.
Tel: Revd Jane Wheatley 01462 731170

Baptist Church
Andy Banthorpe, 32 Long Close, Lower Stondon, Beds
Tel: 01462 850753

Cinemas

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Bedford

Letchworth

Luton

Stevenage

Citizens Advice Bureau

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Citizens Advice Bureau
Details of local CABs

Clubs and Groups

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Brownies
Brenda Ballantine
Tel: 01462 811806

Christian Caring
Denzil Brett
Tel: 01462 815644

Mid Beds Twins Club
Club for twins and their parents in the area
Contact : Sarah Clark
Tel: 01462 850546
Email: saireclark@googlemail.com

New Toddler Group
A new Parent & Toddler group is trying to establish itself in Stondon. A few parents are meeting in the Stondon Lower School Hall on Thursdays 1.30- 3pm. If you're at all interested in joining them, they'd love to hear from you.
Stondon Lower School Hall on Thursdays 1.30- 3pm
Tel: 01462 814855 and Sharon Forey 01462 814283 (pm)
Email: Stondontoddlers@hotmail.co.uk

Parents & Toddlers
Alisa Williamson, 5 Signal Close, Lower Stondon, Beds SG16 6FE

PETALS
Lower School PTA
Sarah Raynor
Tel: 01462 813412

Rainbow Guides
Kate Briscoe
Tel: 01462 815922
Email: katebriscoe@hotmail.com

Rainbows
Kate Briscoe
Tel: 01462 815922
Email: katebriscoe@hotmail.com

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 814881 (Chair) 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 Hathaway (Manager)
Tel: 07775 233264
Email: stondonstompers@live.com

Stondon Village Hall
Promoting and Hiring of Village Hall
Karen Martin
Tel: 01462 851983

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

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

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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

Mount Pleasant Golf Club
Bar and food - open to all
Station Road, Lower Stondon
Tel: 01462 850999

Libraries

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Mobile
Tel: 01767 312324

Shefford
High Street, Shefford. SG17 5DD
Tel: Tel: 0300 300 8067 Fax: 01462 639071

Local Government

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Central Bedfordshire Council

Central Beds Councillors

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
Peter Evans (Clerk), 44 Alexander Road, Stotfold, Herts
Tel: 01462 734442
Email: stondonpc@btconnect.com

Medical

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109 Station Road Surgery
Our local surgery

Dentists
Dentists in the area

NHS Direct
Online help and advice from the NHS

Other GPs
Other GPs in the area

Pharmacies
Pharmacies in the area

Police

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Shefford
Shefford Police Station is not open to the public. The nearest police station is in Ampthill
Ampthill Police Station, Woburn Street, Ampthill, MK45 2HX.
Tel: Shefford team 01234 842567 or control room 01234 841212
Email: SNT.shefford@Bedfordshire.pnn.police.uk or from their web page

Post Office

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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

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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

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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

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Main Website

RAF Signals Museum

Schools

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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

Swimming Pools

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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

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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

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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

Walks around Campton

Walks around Shefford

Waste and Recyling

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Bottle Bank
Unfortunately we no longer have a bottle bank in the village. The nearest one now is tucked away at the back of the car park of The Crown pub in Henlow (Just the other side of the A507)

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

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Clifton weather
Private weather website based in Clifton

The BBC weather forecast for our area

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