
The Forest Centre & Millennium Country Park
Nature Reserves, Country Parks & Beaches · Bedford, Bedfordshire
Closed — opens tomorrow at 9am
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Buggy friendly
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Changing Places toilet
Pay & display car park with ANPR (no ticket display needed). Car park closes 8pm in summer, 5pm the rest of the year. Pay by phone available (Location: Marston Vale, Bedford, Number 800979).
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Forest Centre & Millennium Country Park is a 225-hectare green space run by the Forest of Marston Vale Trust, between Bedford and Milton Keynes. The Millennium Country Park spans wetland, woodland and meadows, with miles of surfaced paths, walking and cycling routes, benches and picnic spots, a wetlands nature reserve and plenty of wildlife to spot. The Forest Centre visitor hub offers a dog-friendly café, gift shop, a large outdoor play area for children, accessible toilets, a Changing Places toilet and a large on-site car park. The Centre is open Monday to Sunday 9am-5pm; the Park itself is accessible 24/7 on foot and by bike. Car parking is charged.
Car park closes at 8pm daily in summer and 5pm for the rest of the year, unless an evening event is on; the Park itself is accessible 24/7 on foot.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Gloves
- Flask of tea
- Folding stool
- Bibs
- Car window sunshade
- Woolly hat
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