Places to stay in Yielden, Bedfordshire

Yelden or Yielden is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Melchbourne and Yielden, in the Bedford district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, near the borders with Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire. It lies on the River Til which feeds into the Great Ouse valley and is about 70 m (230 ft) above sea level. It is approximately 14 miles (23 km) north of Bedford, 3.75 miles (6.04 km) south-east of Higham Ferrers and 6.75 miles (10.86 km) west of Kimbolton and is in the Hundred of Stodden. The countryside around the village rises to about 90 m (300 ft) above sea level, is generally open and rolling in nature and is predominantly used for agricultural purposes. Local restaurants include Restaurant At Bourne End Farmhouse, Needle & Awl, Landins Delicatessens, and Shaan Restaurant.

The centre piece of the village is the Castle Mound or Yielden Castle the site of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle. This is now a complex of grassed over earthworks dominated by a central mound.

Other notable features include the church of St Mary, a Wesleyan Chapel built in 1884, the Chequers Public House (Closed since December 2016) and the Yelden Village Hall.

It has a present population of roughly between 150 and 200 adults and between 50 and 100 children living in about 90 residences.

The center of Yielden ( which is at is longitude -0°30'59.76 and latitude 52°16'59.88 ) is located and 5 miles away from Sharnbrook.

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Other useful links:

• Yielden, Bedfordshire on Wikipedia