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Travelling to Shuttleworth

Shuttleworth College

Transport is available from pick-up points around Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas.

We know it can be tricky to get to Shuttleworth – but we don’t want anything to get in the way of your success while studying at College.

Our campus

Address
Shuttleworth College
Old Warden Park
Biggleswade
SG18 9DX

Tel: 01767 626222
Email: enquiries@shuttleworth.ac.uk

Getting to Shuttleworth

By car

Our campus benefits from ample free car parking on site and is a short distance from the A1, with easy access from Biggleswade, Sandy, St Neots, Hitchin and Stevenage, as well as Bedford.

Public transport

The nearest mainline railway station is Biggleswade, which is served twice-hourly by the Peterborough to London Kings Cross line, stopping at nearby towns. Our campus is just a 10 minute bus journey (see above) or trip by taxi from Biggleswade station.

Bedfordshire Pick-up points

We know it can be tricky to get to Shuttleworth – but we don’t want anything to get in the way of your success while studying at College so transport is available from pick-up points around Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and surrounding areas. In conjunction with Bedford Borough Council and Central Bedfordshire Council, Shuttleworth College offers a network of routes, providing transport to and from the following locations, depending on demand:

  • Ampthill
  • Arlesey
  • Baldock
  • Barton
  • Bedford
  • Biggleswade
  • Bletchley
  • Brampton
  • Buckden
  • Campton
  • Clifton
  • Clophill
  • Cotton End
  • Dunstable
  • Eaton Bray
  • Eaton Socon
  • Flitwick
  • Great Barford
  • Harlington
  • Henlow
  • Henlow Camp
  • Hitchin
  • Houghton Conquest
  • Houghton Regis
  • Huntingdon
  • Kempston
  • Langford
  • Leighton Buzzard
  • Letchworth
  • Little Paxton
  • Lower Stondon
  • Maulden
  • Milton Keynes
  • Newport Pagnell
  • Northill
  • Potton
  • Sandy
  • Shefford
  • Shillington
  • Shortstown
  • Silsoe
  • St Neots
  • Stevenage
  • Stotfold
  • Streatley
  • Toddington
  • Totternhoe
  • Westoning
  • Wrestlingworth

* All locations are subject to demand.

There is a charge for the transport service, but if you are struggling to fund your travelling to College, you can apply for financial assistance with the costs. Further details are available by calling 01767 626222.

Pick-up points / Timetable

Subsidised bus travel

The College-run bus service is subsidised depending on your household income. In 2023/24 the cost is £100 per year if you had a household income of £37,500 or less and £850 per year for a household income over £37,500. If you are an apprentice or live in halls of residence a lower yearly fee is available.

To see if you are eligible for the subsidised cost, please apply for a College Bursary here.

For more information please email: studentservicesshuttleworth@bedford.ac.uk