Transport

Admissions

Bedford School is ideally positioned for day boys and boarders alike. Located close to excellent rail and road networks, Bedford offers easy access to London and its many airports, as well as Oxford and Cambridge.

Buses

There is an extensive network of buses operating across Bedfordshire, from Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire, including late buses for boys involved in activities after school, available for travel to and from school each day.

Please note, the majority of the bus services are run by private organisations. If you would like your son to travel to school by bus, we recommend that you contact the relevant transport provider as soon as possible to ensure a place. As most buses serve three Harpur Trust Schools, places are limited.

All bus services to Bedford School can be viewed on the Harpur Trust’s Bus Services website. The bus services and routes are also summarised in this booklet and on the page below.

Harpur Trust Bus Services Website

Bus Companies & Routes

Provider: The Harpur Trust

Available to book now on The Harpur Trust Bus Services website with travel starting from Monday 3 November 2025.

Book on the bus services website

Cranfield – High Street
Broad Green – Crane Way
Upper Shelton – Lower Shelton Turn
Wootton – Burgoyne Avenue
Wootton – Potters Cross
Gibraltar – Ibbett Close
Kempston – Hill Rise
Kempston – Saxon Centre
Margetts Road
The Keep
Bedford Hospital
Bedford School

After school collection: 16:25 approximately

Provider: The Harpur Trust

Available to book now on The Harpur Trust Bus Services website with travel starting from Monday 3 November 2025.

Book on the bus services website

Kimbolton

Kimbolton – St Andrews Lane
Chadwell End
The Chequers Inn
Keysoe – Mill Hill
Kymbrook Lower School
Bolnhurst – Church Lane
Oldways Road
Mowsbury Car Park
Severn Way
Bedford School

After school collection: 16:35 approximately

Provider: Barton Coach Company

Telephone 01582 882881 | Email info@bartoncoachcompany.com | Website

77x

Luton (New Bedford Road/Cranleigh Gardens, Barton Road layby outside Warden Hills School and Turnpike Drive)
Barton-le-Clay (Bedford Road, last stop before joining A6)
Silsoe (High Street opposite Bedford Avenue)
Clophill (The Green/The Flying Horse)
Wilstead (The Red Lion Pub)
Wixams (Green Lane)
Elstow (Red Lion)
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.25 approximately

Provider: Biggleswade and District Bus Association (BDBA)

Email membershipsec@bdba.org.uk | Website

855

Potton, Market Square
Sutton, Crossroads
Biggleswade, Potton Road Hospital
Biggleswade, Rose Lane/Brunswick Close
Biggleswade, Sainsbury’s
Upper Caldecote
Ickwell Green
Northill
Cople Village
Cardington Village
Bedford School

After school collection: 16:28 approximately

PS1

St Mary’s Church, Eaton Socon
Eaton Ford Green
St Neots, Spar
St Neots (Ernulf School, bus area)
Sandy, Bedford Road
Moggerhanger
Willington
Bedford School

After school collection: 16:23 approximately

Provider: Marshalls Coaches

Telephone 01525 376077 | Email info@marshalls-coaches.co.uk | Website

BS1

Linslade
Hockcliffe
Tebworth
Toddington
Westoning
Flitwick
Ampthill
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.30 approximately

Provider: Bedford School

Telephone 01234 362244 | Email schoolbus@bedfordschool.org.uk

Royston Bus Station
Ashwell Post Office
Ashwell Gardiners Lane
Bedford School

After school collection: 18:00

Provider: Shefford and District Bus Association

Email support@sheffordbus.co.uk | Website

846

Fairfield Park (Dickens Boulevard)
Letchworth (Broadway)
Hitchin (St Michael’s Road)
Hitchin (Hollow Lane)
Hitchin (Fishponds Road)
Ickleford (Turnpike Lane)
Stondon (Bedford Road)
Stondon (Village Shop)
Shillington (Marquis Hall)
Meppershall (Village Hall)
Shefford (High Street)
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.23 approximately

Provider: Souls Coaches

Email schools@souls-coaches.co.uk | Website

BS01

Willen (Ship Ashore)
Great Linford (St Leger Court)
Newport Pagnell (Red House)
Newport Pagnell (Market Hill)
Sherington (Church Road)
Chicheley (Chester Arms)
Astwood (Turvey Road)
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.25 approximately

BS02

Westcroft District Centre
Great Holm (Corn Hill)
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.25 approximately

BS03

Emberton (Bell and Bear)
Olney (The Bull)
Olney (Queen Hotel)
Turvey (The Laws)
Turvey (The Railway Swan)
Bromham
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.25 approximately

BS04 Shuttle

Yardley Hastings (High Street)
Lavendon
Harrold (Harrold Priory Academy)
Carlton (The Royal Oak)

Links with BS03 at Turvey to continue journey to Bedford

After school collection: via BS03 service, change at Turvey: 16.25 approximately

BS05

Shenley (Church End)
Milton Keynes Village (The Swan)
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.25 approximately

VB1

Milton Bryan (Village Hall)
Woburn (High Street)
Woburn Sands
Aspley Guise (The Square)
Aspley Guise (Mount Pleasant)
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.25 approximately

VB2

Brooklands (Fen Street)
Broughton (Countess Way)
Kingston District Centre
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.25 approximately

VB3

Emerson Valley (Furzton local centre)
Monkston (Standing Way)
Wavendon (The Wavendon Arms)
Woburn Sands (Parkway)
Woburn Sands (Deep Blue)
Woburn Sands (The Swan/Tesco)
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.25 approximately

VB4

Stoke Hammond (The Dolphin)
Great Brickhill (Old Red Lion)
Little Brickhill (Village Hall)
Caldecote
Woburn Sands (Larchfield Day Nursery)
Aspley Guise (Golf Club)
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.25 approximately

VBL Late Bus

Bedford School
Aspley Guise
Woburn Sands
Woburn
Milton Bryan
Wavendon
Milton Keynes Village
Brooklands

After school collection: 17.45 approximately

BLN Late Bus

Bedford School
Turvey
Olney
Emberton
Sherington
Newport Pagnell

After school collection: 17.35 approximately

BLS Late Bus

Bedford School
Bromham
Astwood
Chicheley
Willen
Great Linford
Great Holm
Westcroft

After school collection: 17.35 approximately

VB Sat Bus

Brooklands
Milton Keynes Village
Wavendon
Woburn Sands
Aspley Guise
Bedford School

After school collection: 12.30 approximately

BS Sat Bus

Kiln Farm
Great Linford
Willen
Newport Pagnell
Sherington
Emberton
Olney
Turvey
Bedford School

After school collection: 12.30 approximately

Three Star Coaches

Telephone 01582 722626 | Email sales@threestarcoaches.com | Website

TS03

Harlington
Westoning
Greenfield
Flitton
Silsoe
Clophill Village
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.20 approximately

TS33A

Marsh Road
Montrose Avenue
Old Bedford Road
Barnfield Avenue
Barton Road
Quantock Rise/Sainsbury’s
Bedford School

After school collection: 16.20 approximately

TS33A LATE BUS

Marsh Road
Montrose Avenue
Old Bedford Road
Barnfield Avenue
Barton Road
Quantock Rise/Sainsbury’s
Bedford School

After school collection: 17.40 approximately

TS33B

Poynters Road
Luton & Dunstable Hospital
Dunstable Road
Moor Park
BP Garage A6
Police House Barton
Barton
Bedford School

Late Bus

Burnaby Road
Cardington Road (BGS)
Clophill Flying Horse
Silsoe
Barton
Quantock Rise/Sainsbury’s
Depot/Sundon Park

After school collection: 17:45

Saturday Bus

Morgan Close/Oakley Road
Moor Park
BP Garage A6
Barton
Clophill Village
Bedford School

After school collection: 12.35 approximately

Telephone 01234 220030 | Email bedford.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com | Website

Northampton
Brafield
Denton
Yardley Hastings
Olney
Lavendon
Turvey
Stagsden
Bromham
Biddenham
Bedford Bus Station

Rushden
Sharnbrook
Felmersham
Radwell
Milton Ernest
Clapham
Bedford Bus Station

Higham Ferrers
Rushden
Wyminton
Sharnbrook
Odell
Harrold
Carlton
Pavenham
Oakley
Clapham
Bedford Bus Station

Luton
Barton
Silsoe
Clophill
Wilsted
Elstow
Bedford Bus Station

Milton Keynes
Bedford Bus Station
Great Barford
Eaton Socon
St Neots

Please note: Stagecoach buses operate out of Bedford Bus Station. They do not drop off or collect from De Parys Avenue. Full details of timetables and routes can be viewed at www.stagecoachbus.com/bedford

Trains

Bedford Midland Railway Station and Bedford St Johns Stations offer excellent links and are within easy walking distance of Bedford School.

For full details of their routes, timetables and fares please visit the relevant train operators’ websites.

Train Operators & Routes

Address: Ashburnham Road, Bedford, MK40 1DR

Distance from/to Bedford School 0.9 miles

Website

Calling at the following stations:

London St Pancras International
Luton Airport Parkway
Luton
Bedford
Wellingborough
Kettering

Website

Calling at the following stations:

London St Pancras International
West Hampstead
St Albans
Harpenden
Luton Airport Parkway
Luton
Leagrave
Harlington
Flitwick
Bedford

Address Melbourne Street, Bedford, MK42 9AN | Website

Season tickets for students are available with a 50% discount; more details can be found on the London Northwestern Railway website.

Distance from/to Bedford School 0.9 miles

Bletchley
Fenny Stratford
Bow Brickhill
Woburn Sands
Aspley Guise
Ridgmont
Lidlington
Millbrook
Stewartby
Kempston Hardwick
Bedford St Johns
Bedford

Airports

London’s international airports – Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton, are also easily accessed by both road and rail from Bedford.

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